| The first batch of doctors to undertake the Post Graduate Diploma in General Surgery in Guyana graduated on Saturday last when the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus held its 42nd convocation.The five proud graduate surgeons during the ceremony on Saturday.The batch consisted of five doctors — Shawn Legall, Carlos Martin, Shilindra Rajcumar,Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey, Navindranauth Rambaran and Allan Tinnie – and all were in attendance to receive honorary recognition and to recite the Hippocratic Oath at the graduation ceremony.For 18 months,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, the five were engaged in the programme which is being offered by the University of Guyana. Courses were,China Jerseys Cheap, however, carried out primarily at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with the assistance of Canadian surgeons,Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey, who worked closely throughout the programme with the doctors while in training.For this reason, every three months as the programme progressed, a Canadian surgeon was tasked with visiting Guyana for a two or three-week period,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, to facilitate seminars and tutorials and to spearhead surgeries for the benefit of the aspiring surgeons. Among the visiting doctors was Dr Brian Cameron.In an interview with this newspaper earlier this year, Dr Cameron had informed that, in addition to the efforts of the Canadian surgeons, the Guyanese Faculty had responsibility to supervise the clinical instruction of the doctors in training and also offered some tutorials.He had pointed out at that time that, by April last, the first group of five surgical residents would have engaged their final examinations, after which they would have been dispatched to various district and regional hospitals.According to Dr Cameron, the aspiring surgeons had proven themselves to be an outstanding group, even as he disclosed his optimism that they could stand beside any of the residents in Canada, since they are bright and very hard-working.As such, he had noted that the Guyanese populace should consider itself fortunate for having such personnel to care for them.In an invited comment yesterday, Chief Executive Officer of the GPHC, Mr Michael Khan, said that the inclusion of the doctors as surgeons comes as part of the intensified capacity building strategy of the public health sector.He pointed out that, with the posting of the surgeons to various regional hospitals, there is the expectation that many cases will not be referred to the GPHC,Cheap Jerseys Free, since the surgeons will be equipped with the necessary skills to perform optimally.He regarded the graduation of the first batch as very significant to the boosted efforts directed at the delivery of health care. |
