Georgetown : Guyana’s premier hospital, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday commissioned a $1.6 Billion in-patient facility. The new three-flat facility has a 202-bed capacity including isolation rooms all of which are outfitted with individual oxygen, vacuum and compressed air outlets.
The top flat accommodates the female medical and surgical wards, the middle flat is intended for the male medical and surgical wards and the bottom flat will accommodate the physiotherapy department, according to Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Michael Khan. Plans for another in-patient ward will soon be added when funds become available, he said.
The state of the art design of the facility entails a nurses’ call in system characterized by the set-up of a microphone at each bedside allowing for patients to speak directly to a nurse.
“With this new, spacious and modern facility, patients can be assured that the problem of bed-sharing will no longer exist,” Khan confidently asserted.
The GPHC had come under much flack in the past for its service delivery including its limited capacity to adequately accommodate patients, a trend officials believe will be effectively reversed with the new facility.
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