World-renowned Vascular Specialist to give free clinic in Guyana

– at Doobay Medical and Research Centre

The Doobay Medical and Research Centre has announced an executive clinic with Dr Sonia Anand, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University in Canada.
The executive clinic, to be held on Saturday, October 28, at the Doobay Medical and Research Centre at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, aims to provide high-

level medical consultations to senior business, Government, and other national leaders by one of the world leaders in vascular medicine.
Dr Sonia Anand is the Director of the Population Genomics Programme and a vascular medicine specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease. She also holds the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario/Michael G DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research.
Her present research focuses on the environmental and genetic determinants of vascular disease in populations of varying ancestral origin, women and cardiovascular disease.
According to a statement from the Doobay Medical and Research Centre, her work is widely published among academic and peer-evaluated journals and she teaches clinical epidemiology courses in methodology and cardiovascular disease at McMaster University.
The Centre, known for providing affordable dialysis for patients with renal failure since September 2011 has continued to expand its operations to cater to more patients, as well as to expand the range of services being provided.
Founder and President of the Centre, Dr Budhendra Doobay, said “we have been working hard not just to expand our services, but to improve our research capability to better serve the specific needs of the Guyanese population.” He added that diabetes and other diseases are common all over the world but there are ethnic variations, having a specialist of the calibre of Dr Anand, who researches these ethnic differences in the diseases is a rare but extremely useful opportunity for people in Guyana.
Dr Doobay will be accompanying Dr Anand and would also be taking the opportunity to ensure that a number of local professionals get a chance to benefit from interaction with Dr Anand.
Dr Anand said she is “excited about being able to visit Guyana and make a contribution to care for patients and give counsel to as many persons as possible about the issues of their health.”
In addition to the executive clinic, Dr Anand will hold a general clinic for patients of the Doobay Medical and Research Centre. The executive clinic starts at 10:00h on Saturday. Executives who are interested in more personal consultations could arrive at 09:00h to have blood samples and blood pressure readings taken.