The Caribbean’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, NEW GPC INC, in an effort to give back to various communities in Guyana, on Saturday morning hosted a medical outreach at the Swami Vidya Niketan School which saw residents on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) benefiting.
The outreach, which will continue today, saw medical practitioners from the NEW GPC delivering medical service such as dental care, eye testing, diabetes testing, VIA testing and samples of local medical products were also handed out to those who attended.
Persons waiting to be attended to at the medical outreach
Lectures were also conducted where persons were educated on self-care. Persons were also thought physical exercises which will enable them to stay healthy.
Faye Scott, the Human Resources Manager of NEW GPC said the response at the outreach has been overwhelming.
According to Scott, the outreach was scheduled to commence at 09:00h, however at 07:30h a group had already gathered at the facility.
“We’re supposed to start at 9 o’clock and we got here at seven and at 07:30h there were a lot of people here and we are sure that people are going to still come out because today is a rainy day and we still saw a great turnout,” she explained.
Scott said this year will be a year of giving back for the NEW GPC INC, as a way of saying thank you to the public for their support.
President of the Guyana Diabetic Association, Gleniss Beaton said her organisation was happy to join hands with the NEW GPC in providing their services to the people on the West Coast of Demerara.
She explained that her company and NEW GPC had an agreement to support each other when either hosts such an initiative, noting that since the agreement, she had no regrets.
Beaton further explained that it is important for Guyanese to become more aware about their bodies and what care they need to take. “As a diabetic for 26 years, I always need to know what new is out there for diabetics and what is available…,” she stated.
She also noted that international pharmaceuticals are being overused as Guyana produces products of high quality.
” I think that you might notice that locally they don’t advertise the pharmaceuticals that are available in the country; we always get the international products so it is a good idea for persons to come to the outreach to know what is available,” Beaton posited.
Another doctor lending her services to the outreach, Dr Jacquelyn Fernandez Rodrigues, also shared similar sentiments.
Her responsibility includes ensuring that the patients are using the correct medication for their various illnesses. She said, “I applaud the initiative and think that it is very good”.
Similar outreaches were already hosted in Linden and Essequibo and soon to benefit will be Berbice.
