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Healthcare in Guyana’s interior improving
By Rustom Seegopaul
Continued efforts by the Ministry of Health to improve the quality of healthcare provided in some interior locations of Guyana have begun to take effect, as reports from both Paramakatoi and Lethem have stated.
Both Lethem and Paramakatoi serve as central points for healthcare, as persons from surrounding areas often travel to these locations to take advantage of the services of the doctors and other medical staff who operate there.
One of the aircraft sometimes used to medivac patients to Georgetown from interior locations.
Residents of Lethem say there are virtually no complaints concerning the medical facilities there, as the hospital adequately meets the needs of the residents and those of some Brazilians as well.
If there is a medical case at the hospital in Lethem which the staff cannot adequately handle, the patient is either referred to a hospital in Boa Vista or Bon Fim (just across the border); otherwise, a medivac is called in from Georgetown.
Most of the time, the patient is dispatched to a Brazilian hospital, as the patient will usually access medical attention faster that way.
Occasionally, there will be a shortage of medical drugs, but this does not happen very often.
Sources in Lethem reported that recently the mortuary freezer was fixed after being inoperable for some time.
While the freezer was inoperable, the medical staff had to keep sourcing ice to prevent the bodies in the mortuary from decomposing.
Oftentimes, persons had to go as far as Brazil to get ice, as it is considerably cheaper to buy there.
Similarly, in Paramakatoi, the healthcare being presently provided is reportedly good.
Just last week, the mountaintop community benefited from the arrival of a Cuban doctor, Amaury Marce, who will be there for the next six months.
Added to the expertise of Dr Marce, there are six other medical personnel working in Paramakatoi, including two midwives and a dentist.
Nurses from Region Eight have affirmed that the community of Paramakatoi has a good supply of medicinal drugs, and this supply is bolstered every three months by the Health Ministry.
For the most part, there are no serious medical cases in Paramakatoi, but occasionally there will be an accident which will require a patient being air dashed to Georgetown.
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