SET to transform Georgetown and improve the life of patients, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary and Guyana’s Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has said that a modern green landscaping park will be built after the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is transformed into a state-of-the-art facility.

He made these remarks on Thursday during a press conference at Freedom House, Georgetown as he spoke about the government’s ambitious plans for a next term in office.

Dr. Jagdeo said: “Once we move out the maternity ward and the children’s ward to the new hospital, then we need to upgrade Georgetown into a modern facility…and a really nice landscaping park. Maybe even the hospital people can come in the evening just, you know, visiting their family.” He emphasised that that is a project that the PPP/C government will start tackling immediately.

He also pointed to the construction of 12 regional hospitals that the PPP/C government has undertaken.

Already, the Enmore and Diamond Regional Hospitals have been opened.
The hospitals at Lima, De Kinderen, Bath and the No. 75 will be commissioned in the second and third quarters of 2025.

These hospitals will possess 24-hour Accident and Emergency facilities, 24-hour labs, a suite of imaging services including ultrasound, digital X-Ray, and CT scans, along with operation theatres and more.

Alongside these major facilities, the government has also injected significant investments to improve healthcare delivery for residents residing in hinterland communities.

The Moruca Regional Hospital, the Kato Regional Hospital and the Lethem Regional Hospital, are scheduled to become operational by 2027.

In Kamarang, Region Seven, a modern hospital will also be built.

Dr. Jagdeo also stated that the government has to rehabilitate the hospital in Linden and possibly construct a new hospital in Bartica.