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While there has been a significant decrease in diabetic amputations from previous years, the health sector in Guyana is still averaging over 100 every year.The one redeeming feature is that the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre offers an amputee’s therapy clinic to the public.The institution’s rehabilitation officer,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale China, Cynthia Massay,NFL Jerseys Supply, told Kaieteur News that the escalating of chronic diseases need to be managed more effectively.She said that diabetes is a major challenge and many new cases emerge annually and many diabetics are not complying with treatment provided for them.“It is the task of this institution to assist persons to regularize their lives after amputations,” said Massay.Rehabilitation Assistant and Coordinator,wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china, Damon Sandy,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, told this publication that the response by the amputees has been significant, either from the walk in process or referred programme from medical institutions.Sandy said that the clinic is designed to alleviate depression from the minds of these persons who may think that their lives have ended because of amputations.He said that the clinic provides prosthetic (limb fitting) services and there are activities such as occupational therapy,Cheap Jerseys From China, where the patients are encouraged and helped to manage and function in their own capacity; physical therapy exercises (strengthening, balancing of the bones), counseling and activities of daily living such as cooking and laundering.Sandy said that people are not taking early screening checks for diabetes. He added that some are also failing to make lifestyle changes to prevent chronic disease such as diabetes. They are ignoring the calls for more persons to exercise, lose weight and make sensible dietary choices.Sandy further noted that diabetes is something that health officials are addressing in the hope that those who are already living with the disease can become more active in the health care processes.The Ptolemy Reid rehabilitation centre was originally established in January 1967 by the Ministry of Health, for children who had suffered residual paralysis following the 1960 and 1964 poliomyelitis epidemics.In 1991, the centre launched an effort to improve resource acquisition to expand and provide quality service more effectively and efficiently.The centre was partially de-linked from the Ministry of Health and is now managed by a voluntary management committee.The government provides an annual subvention and professional staff,cheap jerseys nfl wholesale, while the board raises funds both locally and externally to finance its operation. |
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