| The delivery of medical services at both the Georgetown Public Hospital and the Linden Hospital Complex is expected to be significantly boosted with a donation of equipment and medicines from the eighth Chinese Medical Brigade.At a simple ceremony at the GPHC yesterday,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jungao handed over the equipment to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy,NFL Jerseys China, in the presence of Dr Hu Yin, head of the Brigade, which has been in Guyana since June last year.Ambassador Zhang Jungao (second from right) hands over some of the equipment to Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, in the presence of Dr Hu Yin (extreme left) and GHPC CEO, Mr Michael KhanAmong the equipment which will benefit the GPHC directly are a vertebral bone-biting clamp, bone drills and bone saws for orthopaedists, x-ray aprons for cardiologists and radiologists; TOITO Doppler Foetus Detus for Obstetricians and Guynecologists (OBGY); laryngoscopes and micro-infusion pumps for anaesthesiologists; automatic grinding machines for pathologists, various kinds of microsurgery instrument and medicine for ophthalmologists; and medical titanium folders of laparoscope surgery for general surgeons.The Linden hospital will be the recipient of a monitor, hook with laryngoscope,NFL Jerseys China, pulse oximetry and various surgery instruments for OBGY.According to Dr Yin, the value of the donated medical instruments and medicines amounts to about $8 M.“I trust that these medical equipment and medicine will be put to great use for the benefit of doctors of these hospitals. In order to promote the medical technique in the ophthalmologic and laparoscopic surgery our team will establish centres of excellence in laparoscopic and ophthalmologic surgery at GPHC. We will continue contributions over a period of several years to reach the advanced level of work…”According to Dr Yin, the Chinese medical team is a special bridge of friendship and cooperation between the governments of Guyana and China, adding that the relationship comes as a “demonstration of what we can accomplish when our governments and doctors work together”.Ambassador Jungao disclosed that the donation became inevitable after the Chinese doctors operating at the local hospital recognised that there was a need for some medical equipment and medicine.“They immediately put forward their request of donation… so that Guyana could be supplied with the medical supplies and equipment.”And while yesterday’s donation represents the second batch of endowment since the arrival of the medical team, Ambassador Jungao disclosed that yet another which will be of greater value is expected later this year.Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy pointed out that the donation is in fact a continuation of a partnership which is geared at strengthening the health sector and improving the lives of people.He said that through yesterday’s donation several departments of the hospitals will be boosted, including orthopaedics, anaesthesiology, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology.“I want to thank the government of China for this partnership,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, and I want to emphasise the fact that the Chinese medical team is not here to just add more services within a given department; they are here also to help us expand our services and to add new services.”And with this assistance, the Minister said that over the years the hospitals have been able to add new technology and new techniques, adding that this year the GPHC will routinely conduct laparoscopy which was introduced into the system with the help of the Chinese.“Successive new ophthalmologists have come and introduced new techniques in ophthalmology, and so today we can do glaucoma surgeries and address some issues of retina which we couldn’t do a few years ago. Now we are able to look at the eye from the front and the back.”Through the partnership,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, too, the service of a cardiologist has been secured, thus making the provision of cardiology service more routine at the hospital.With the new equipment the Minister noted that the medical team will be better able to train local doctors to do more things.Currently, 11 members of the medical team are stationed at the GPHC,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and four are at the Linden Hospital Complex. |
