GUYANESE are currently experiencing a boost in the health care system throughout the country, now that the Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Public Health, is investing heavily to make essential health services available to the sick.

This was declared by Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, during her address to Essequibians at the launch of the Community Health Worker (CHW) programme in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region.

Minister Lawrence said that the coalition government continues to make a difference in people’s lives and is ensuring that whatever services are available in the city are also available in other regions.

She told the audience that only last week six persons, two from Bartica and four from New Amsterdam, in Region Six, were trained and are now certified CT competent.

The technologists are trained to effectively use the machine and diagnose conditions, allowing physicians to prescribe appropriate treatment. The minister said residents of Bartica are already benefitting from the service of the Computerised Tomography (CT) scanning machine that was recently installed.

In addition to those services being available at Bartica, Minister Lawrence said that dialysis is now being offered at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation free of cost. The minister said her ministry will be working to get such services available in all regions. Previously, these services were only available at private hospitals at exorbitant fees.
In 2016, the Public Health Ministry decided to place two CT scanners donated by RAD-AID International at the Bartica and New Amsterdam hospitals. The RAD-AID volunteers had overseen the installation as the services were made available to residents.