Georgetown: A clear agenda has already been defined by the public health sector for this year with recently appointed Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, at its helm. The Minister during an interview with TrakkerNews alluded to Guyana’s collaboration with its neighbour to the south, Brazil. He made reference to the point that the construction of the $1.5B hospital at Linden was certainly not coincidental but rather was a strategic move on the part of government in light of the anticipated expectations of “the rolling out of the links within the continent through Brazil.” The Lethem road, he said, has already been placed on the front burner, adding that not only will Linden become the hub of transportation but a hub in many other senses with the hospital playing a very pivotal role.
Brazil has been described as one of the neighbouring territories that rank high among selected countries that can provide trade and investment opportunities for companies in Guyana, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services, Clinton Williams has pointed out. He is of the firm view that the unprecedented leaps made by Brazil in recent years have interesting lessons for Guyana’s entrepreneurs.
And though there has been a reported decline in the trade expectations between the two territories it is envision that this trend will be reversed. It is for this reason that the Ministry of Health has been playing its role to foster such expectations. As part of its efforts the Ministry of Health has already dispatched several Cuban-trained Guyanese graduate doctors to reinforce the existing team at the health facility which includes a small team from China.
Meanwhile, Minister Ramsaran revealed that on the Coast efforts have been made to construct several large well appointed health centers like those at Bell West, Tuschen and Zeelugt. “These are institutions that are going hand-in-hand with the development of the new housing estates so wherever there is a new housing estates, the Ministry of Health will attempt to put a health facility…”
The Bell West facility, he noted, is well appointed, large and already inducted into service. We have a new housing estate in the Diamond area and we have already constructed a well appointed hospital in the Diamond area. These are some of the things that we will continue to do,” the Minister asserted.
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