RHTY&SC/Food For The Poor/Superbet Tribute To Heroes: Port Mourant Hospital staff honoured by RHT Town Pepsi U23

As they prepare themselves for the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Dior’s Bits and Pieces Under-23 cricket tournament final, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sport Club (RHTY&SC) Pepsi Under-23 team took time out of their busy schedule to host their annual tribute to medical heroes programme for staff of the Port Mourant public hospital on Friday last.
The ceremony launched the RHTY&SC Tribute To Heroes programme for 2024, and a total of 60 persons are expected to be honoured during the year.
Club Secretary Hilbert Foster stated that the Pepsi team first hosted their medical tribute programme in 2014 and have successfully hosted it every year since then. Over the last 10 years, a total of 70 staff of the hospital have been honoured. The idea for this tribute programme came about after the Secretary was a patient at the public hospital in 2014 and was very impressed with the professionalism of the staff. The objectives of the tribute to the medical workers programme are to honour outstanding staff of the hospital, to identify role models for others to emulate, and to inspire the entire staff to give their best service to the general public.

Those honoured were Yonette Saw of the therapy unit; Greg Yaw Poter, Melissa Saul Nurse and Diane McDonnell of the dental unit and Sita Sookshine of the laundry department. They all received a Superbet trophy of excellence, medals of excellence, framed certificates and a combined $400,000 worth of prizes from the team. Among the gifts that were donated by the club’s partner Food For The Poor Guyana Inc were three extra-large outdoor swimming pools and two large ice boxes/coolers. The awardees also received a special collection of prizes in a Mike’s Pharmacy gift bag.
Foster, the former BCB President, urged the awardees to always strive for excellence and to treat all the persons seeking medical care with respect and dignity. He noted that the club was very delighted to be a partner with the hospital and pledged that it would continue to assist in the future. The cricket teams of the RHTY&SC, apart from hosting the programme, have also made numerous donations to the hospital. Among the items donated were exercise equipment, electric fans, office equipment, clocks, food hampers for staff, medical supplies, and therapeutic items. Administrator of the hospital, Shaneeza Nabi expressed thanks to the Pepsi team and their management, and all of the RHTY&SC for their continued support. She congratulated the staff on a job well done and urged them to continue working as a collective body so that the residents of Berbice would benefit.
Meanwhile, the club also honoured the staff of the therapy unit of the hospital during the ceremony. Each staff member received a trophy and a Mike’s Pharmacy gift. The awardees all expressed gratitude to the club and the team while wishing them success on and off the cricket field in the future. The team include players like Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Jonathan Rampersaud, Matthew Pottaya, Ramzan Koobir, Sohil Mohammed, and Ramesh Bharrat. The club officials in charge of the Pepsi team are Robby Kissoonlall, Keith Hicks, and Tyrone Pottaya.