GDF Corporal successfully delivers baby in Kaikan

Corporal Sabola poses with Yancelis Diaz and her newborn

A healthy baby boy was this weekend delivered in the remote community of Tshau Creek, Kaikan in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) by a corporal attached to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).
Acting Corporal (CPL) Dominique Gonsalves Sabola of the Medical Corps safely delivered the child on Saturday to 35-year-old Yancelis Diaz.
According to the Force in a statement, both the mother and baby are healthy and doing well. Sabola is a Grade II Medical Assistant who enlisted in the GDF in April of 2013.
He successfully completed the Grade III Medical Assistant Course in 2014, and in 2018, the Junior Leaders’ Course.
In 2019, he completed a Grade II Medical Assistant Course. He is one of the Force’s frontline medical personnel serving in the interior of Guyana. After recording a successful delivery, he expressed gratitude for having been offered the opportunity to serve in the GDF, particularly the Medical Corps.