THE GEORGETOWN Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has received a ‘shot in the arm’ with the donation of one 40-ft container of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to the institution, just in the time of need.
The donation, emanating from Heart to Heart International in the United States of America, was handed over to the GPHC’s Chief Executive Officer, Allan Johnson by Food for the Poor’s Chief Executive Officer, Kent Vincent in the FFP’s compound at Blue Mountain Road, Festival City on Wednesday.
The 18 panels of supplies include pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, theatre equipment, syringes, sharps and needles, laboratory supplies and other assorted medical items.Mr Johnson expressed gratitude for the donation and assured that they would be used for the benefit of the patients.

Acknowledging that the hospital has regularly received donations from the not-for-profit institution, he also mentioned that this shipment is the largest received at any one time. Meanwhile,Mr Vincent said that the FFP is always willing to assist where there is need and has been assisting hospitals on a regular basis. He said the West Berbice Hospital at Fort Wellington is slated to receive a big donation this Friday as well.
Other state medical institutions receiving medical donations from FFP, according to FFP’s Field Officer, Compton Giddings, include: Linden Hospital Complex; Suddie Hospital; Baby Heart Foundation; Skeldon Hospital and Foot Care Centre.
Giddings recalled that in 2014, FFP gave a brand new theatre to West Demerara Regional Hospital and on another occasion donated a brand new X-Ray machine to Linden Hospital Complex. Other items donated to the GPHC on a regular basis include suction-pumps, orthopedics and the like.