Eureka to provide offshore medical care to oil and gas industry

The Eureka Medical Lab has teamed up with Atlantic Offshore Medical Services to provide occupational health and safety services to the oil and gas industry.
This was announced on Tuesday evening at the health institution’s Thomas Street, Georgetown location as it launched its Fast Track service.
Eureka Medical Lab Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andrew Boyle said, “You heard me mention Eureka Atlantic Offshore Medical Services, it’s not magic, it’s reality … AOMS (Atlantic Offshore Medical Services) has joined with Eureka to establish or form Eureka Atlantic Offshore Medical Services. We are going to be providing occupational health and safety services to the oil industry and, of course, to others as well and this entity will afford Guyanese and others, of course…the opportunity to have state-of-the- art medical services…”
At the launch, First Lady Sandra Granger congratulated the medical institution on its major achievement, noting that “the sky and the seas are the limit for Mr Boyle and his team”.
Eureka’s Fast Track is a new service that was launched with the intention of providing a more comfortable service with little or no delay at an additional cost.
The service seeks to provide faster results for phlebotomy and ultrasound tests, which will help customers to escape long lines and save valuable time. In doing so, the customers will have access to the one-stop centre from 07:00h to 22:00h on a daily basis, except on Sundays and selected holidays.
The new service, which was made available from Wednesday, ensures speed, security, and privacy. It allows customers the privilege of making appointments to better save and manage their time.
Boyle reiterated the convenience of the service while adding that he hoped to make it a 24-hour service in the future.
The new facility is being launched due to him receiving a significant amount of calls, requesting faster service.
“In Fast Track, it’s a very simple structure that allows one person to do all of those details that is to take your data; of course you make your payments, and then we take the samples and the results, of course, will be fast-tracked as well.”
He stated that Fast Track would also be safe, since security guards would be on the spot, as well as CCTV.
Boyle also announced that in a few weeks’ time, he anticipated beginning “exotic tests” at the facility which include testing for alpha-fetoprotein, folic acid, Vitamin D along with a few others, at a fraction of the cost it was previously being done for, since they were able to acquire advanced equipment.
Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence noted the importance of the services to the ordinary citizen as well as politicians.
“This move works directly in sync with the Ministry’s health vision which seeks to make Guyanese the healthiest in the Caribbean,” Lawrence added. (Devina Ramdass)