GPHC service delivery boosted with ECG machine

Health service delivery at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) has been boosted with the addition of a new electrocardiography (ECG) machine. This was handed over on Friday by Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Karen Cummings, to the Accident and

Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
Minister Cummings noted that non-communicable diseases are high on the list of major diseases that cause death, specifically cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks. She added that the ECG machine would aid in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, which would allow for timely lifesaving intervention.
She underscored that the GPHC is the country’s national referral hospital, and offers high-facility health care services not only to residents in the capital, but also

to persons in all ten administrative regions.
“I do expect that the machine will be properly cared for, to provide service to the people for a long period of time,” Minister Cummings said.
Receiving the machine was Medical Director of the Accident and Emergency Unit of the GPHC, Dr. Zulfikar Bux. He expressed gratitude to the Ministry for the timely donation, noting that the machine will aid in the improved delivery of health services of the hospital.
Also in attendance were former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier George Lewis, and nurses of the Accident and Emergency Unit.