Guyana gets 38 new bio-medical practitioners

Some 38 students drawn from across Guyana have completed the Biomedical Training Programme undertaken by the Health Ministry, Medical Aid International and the Public Service Ministry.
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony speaking about the new graduates said that the initiative was partly derived from the lack of bio-medical technicians within the country and it was within the ministry’s ambit to supply the first batch.
According to the minister, there would be times when equipment in the health sector is not in use because of the lack of persons to fix the varied issue.
“Once a piece of equipment was down, that was it, it couldn’t be fixed unless a person from Georgetown came to fix it” he stated whilst then relaying that they have successfully certified persons from nine administrative regions to help combat this issue.
Furthermore, Dr. Anthony underscored the importance of cultivating well-trained individuals within the country to address all medical needs as opposed to relying on the aid of medics from foreign entities such as Cuba. “Within the ministry we want to have persons capable of handling all of our equipment’s and everything we have,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony announced that a new set of equipment is expected shortly to bolster the services provided in the health sector, ranging from X-rays and CTI Scans, “very soon, in at least ten location we will have CT scans and at least in two locations we will have MRI’s, he unveiled.