Georgetown: The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Friday received $3.2M worth of medical equipment from the Subei People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China.
The equipment comprising five patient monitors will be utilized in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as well as the recovery room of the main Operating Theatre.
Patient monitors can be used for cardiac, respiratory, neurological, blood glucose, childbirth and body temperature monitoring. It has many more features.
The medical equipment was handed over in the presence of Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Limin; Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings; GPHC’s CEO, Allan Johnson (Ag) and Head of the eleventh batch of the Chinese Brigade, Dr. Wang Yongxiang.
The donation is part of an integral effort to develop friendly relations between the Chinese Government and Guyana.
The first group of Chinese immigrants came here in 1853 as indentured labourers. They brought along their language, culture and traditional medicine. Today, 120 years later, Guyana formally established a diplomatic relationship with China.
Addressing the gathering, the Minister said that the donation adds further to the many years of assistance that the Chinese have been providing Guyana with such as scholarship for local doctors and the regular dispatching of medical brigade comprising skilled medical personnel in various fields.
“Their presence in Guyana over the years has significantly helped the country to cope with the growing demand for specialist medical services which we do not have. Additionally, the medical experts imparted to the young Guyanese doctors and continuous capacity building of local medical professionals have been invaluable,” Minister Cummings said.
She stated that the monitors will certainly improve the services at the hospital.
Meanwhile, the hospital’s CEO thanked the Chinese government for the monitors which he said will help to monitor patients at the medical institution.
“Over the time that the Chinese doctors have been here we have been getting very expensive gifts in order to help us manage our patients better. This time it is patient monitors,” the CEO (Ag) said.
He added that each patient should have a monitor at their bedside but being a poor developing country that is just not possible as yet.
“It is not the money value but it is what the (monitors) can do for our patients. We can know everything we need to know about patients by only looking at the monitors,” Johnson emphasized.
The Chinese Ambassador said that the cooperation between the hospital and Chinese government is getting closer and closer.
“I am sure with the support of the two governments it (relationship) will strengthen further,” Zhang Limin said.
He said that the purpose for the medical teams and donations is to help Guyana improve its health system.
“The doctors of the Chinese medical team are very skilled and worked in top hospitals in China and work wholeheartedly here.”
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