First batch of nurses complete Cardiac Intensive Care training

A batch of 16 nurses has successfully graduated from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC’s) Cardiac Intensive Care Nursing programme, making them the first ever set of local nurses to be trained to deal with patients suffering from heart-related ailments.

The programme was facilitated by the GPHC in collaboration with the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, the University of Calgary, and the Guyana Programme to Advance Cardiac Care (GPACC).
At the graduation ceremony, held at Cara Lodge late last week, GPHC’s Registrar at the Cardiology Unit, Dr Terrence Haynes, highlighted that the graduates overcame many teething challenges on the way to achieving success.
GPHC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Brigadier (Retd) George Lewis, has said the GPHC Board is committed to continue supporting the work of the cardiac nurses as they aid in healthcare delivery.
“We should continue to work diligently to develop our nurses. The Board of Directors and the administration at the hospital is committed to providing you with whatever is necessary, within our limited financial budget, so that we can ensure that our nurses are properly trained,” he observed.
Co-Director of GPACC, Dr. Wanye Warnica, highlighted that there is a vast number of cardiac cases in Guyana, and added that Guyanese tend to develop such issues a generation earlier than those in North America.
The GPACC, Dr Warnica said, aims to advance cardiac care for adults and children, and to build capacity in the public health system in Guyana through provision of clinical cardiac services.
Cardiac Nursing is a specialization that looks after patients who suffer from cardiovascular ailments, including heart failure and coronary artery diseases.