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More than $25M is expended on an annual basis by the Ministry of Health to facilitate the medical evacuation of emergency cases from hinterland areas.And this mode of operation will continue this year to ensure that the medical evacuation programme is sustained unhindered, according to Minister within the Health Ministry, Dr Bheri Ramsaran.Minister within the Health Ministry,Sonny Jurgensen Redskins Jersey, Dr Bheri RamsaranScores of persons have been able to benefit from this programme over the years the Minister noted,Jason Taylor Dolphins Jersey, even as he highlighted the urgency for health workers in far flung areas to remain alert and vigilant in performing their roles.In its current form, the Minister asserted that the programme has proven to be robust as it serves to evacuate persons who are acutely ill, including those with gunshot wounds,Eddie George Titans Jersey, complicated pregnancies,Jack Youngblood Rams Jersey, accidents and other injuries.The Health Ministry’s Medical Evacuation Service for patients from the hinterland and far-reaching communities has benefited patients from Regions One, Seven,Kellen Winslow Chargers Jersey, Eight and Nine. Health workers in these areas the Minister said,Earl Campbell Titans Jersey, are required to be the eyes and ears of the primary health care system.“Guyana has a very intricate and wide-flung network of primary health care facilities starting from the health post right down to the premier national referral hospital which is the GPHC.”The Minister’s disclosures were forthcoming at a recent Community Health Workers’ Graduation Ceremony at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.He said that through an amount allocated for medical evacuation,Otis Sistrunk Raiders Jersey, critically ill persons are transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital for emergency medical attention.The initiative is administered through the Regional Health Services Department of the Ministry,Joe Namath Jets Jersey, which is currently headed by Dr. Narine Singh.According to Minister Ramsaran, Government has and will continue to invest huge sums to sustain medical evacuation.In addition to the evacuations facilitated through the Health Ministry, two other Ministries –Amerindian Affairs and Local Government and Regional Development–are also tasked with undertaking evacuations.In fact,Harold Carmichael Eagles Jersey, the Minister disclosed that the Local Government Ministry is known to expend even more than the Health Ministry in this regard.“The Ministry of Local Government would bring out a patient who is not critical but who needs to be diagnosed and investigated further and this would usually translate to far more than we do.” |
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