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Hundreds of Guyanese flocked the Cropper Primary School at Albion, Corentyne, Berbice, on Saturday last,Jerseys NFL Cheap, to access free specialist health care,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, when the eighth batch of the Chinese Medical Brigade conducted a one-day outreach activity in the area.The team of 18 specialist doctors headed by Dr Hu Yin, comprised orthopaedics, paediatricians, cardiologists, optometrists, gynaecologists, general surgeons, ophthalmologists, acupuncturists and plastic surgeons.The doctors treated a number of persons for a variety of ailments; there were referrals to the Georgetown Public Hospital in cases where follow-up treatment became necessary.While in the past,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, members of the Chinese medical team functioned exclusively out of the Georgetown Public Hospital and the Linden hospitals, Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, has begun to expand the service areas of the team into various communities.The sixth batch of doctors conducted outreach activities at Wakenaam, while the last team visited New Amsterdam and Region Three.This present batch is scheduled to hold similar activities in Regions Two and Ten before the end of its tenure next year.Future teams, according to Minister Ramsammy, will visit communities in Regions One, Seven,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Eight and Nine.Such visits, the Minister said,Jerseys From China, have a two-fold objective in that, they provide the foreigners with an opportunity to better understand the country and to garner a different type of experience, through working at the ‘grass root’ level with Guyanese in their communities.He noted that this would allow the doctors to have an improved understanding of patients when they visit them at the hospitals and will also further enhance the harmonious friendship enjoyed between China and Guyana.Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Jungao, who was part of the exercise, expressed gratitude to the Health Minister for affording the team the opportunity to explore Guyana and its people.Such ventures, he said, could only serve to improve the already solid partnership between the two countries.The eighth Chinese Medical Brigade, from the Jiangsu Province Hospital in Nanjing, arrived in Guyana last year June as part of a medical exchange program between the two countries, which have enjoyed more than 36 years of cooperation in a number of areas.Guyana was the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean and Latin America to establish the medical programme with the Chinese.Dominica recently instituted a similar programme. |
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