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Scores of medical professionals, including 30 from supportive Universities and other medical institutions in Canada and the United States,Carlos Sanchez Uruguay Jersey, are gathering at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre for the 8th Guyana Medical and Scientific Conference.The event which is set to begin at 08:30 hours today will see Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton,Mathias Corujo Uruguay Jersey, delivering the opening address.Among the visiting contingent set to grace the forum are doctors and professors from Toronto, McMaster University; University of Calgary; University of British Columbia; Case Western Reserve and Ohio State University and the Vanderbilt University.An Awards Ceremony yesterday at the Marriott Hotel preceded the conference. The ceremony which was slated to commence at 8:00 hrs was expected to see 27 medical doctors and other key medical personnel being presented with their tokens.Of those identified to receive awards were four doctors who graduated with Masters Degrees in Paediatrics; five with Masters in Emergency Medicine and one with a Diploma in Surgery. Nine nurses who graduated from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Nursing Programme; four in Nurse Anaesthesia Training Programme and four Technicians – two in Echocardiography Training Programme and two with Diplomas in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Training Programme were also awarded.Yesterday’s forum was chaired by Director of the Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE),Emir Kujovic Sweden Jersey, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Dr. Madan Rambaran.  At that forum there was be a feature lecture by Professor of Medicine, Respiratory Division, University of British Columbia, Robert D. Levy, MD, FRCPC.At today’s Conference there will be two feature presentations, one titled: “Guyana Diabetic Care Project: Internal Collaboration to Improve Diabetes Care,” by Dr. Brian Ostrow, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto.  The other – “Single Ventricla: Beating the Odds,Gary Medel Chile Jersey,” Building Paediatric Cardiac Referral Center in Guyana”,Cristhian Stuani Uruguay Jersey, will be delivered by Dr. Rodrigo Soto who is Chief Executive Officer, Clinical Operations at the International Children’s Heart Foundation which has been conducting paediatric cardiac surgery here. Additionally, 13 papers and four posters will be presented on local research.The Institute of Health Sciences Education was established in 2006. It had its first graduation, ideally held during the first Guyana Medical Scientific Conference in 2008. It was held under the theme: “Furthering Higher Clinical Training.”The IHSE is the department in the GPHC that organizes and delivers post graduate medical education. It has several post-graduate programmes accredited and certified by the University of Guyana.  Scores have already graduated from its programmes.Former Minister of Health, Dr.Leslie Ramsammy,Egidio Arevalo Rios Uruguay Jersey, addressing the first Council Meeting, noted that the joint activity was a most auspicious way to celebrate the significant strides the health care system has made in the last decade.He referred to it as, “Making reality,Fernando Muslera Uruguay Jersey, the dream of formalizing research as part of the medical practice in Guyana,Cristopher Toselli Chile Jersey, and of expanding medical training to include post-graduate studies for medical practitioners.”Dr. Madan Rambaran, alluding to the upcoming Scientific Council Conference and Awards Ceremony, expressed pride and gratification in this major accomplishment and the success of the post-graduate programmes.He said that indeed the GPHC has contributed, in no small measure,Blank Uruguay Jersey, to responding to the nation’s healthcare needs, and in some cases has taken a lead role.  Dr. Rambaran sees the Scientific Conference as another step in advancing the development of research and institutionalizing the research ethic.