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Better health professionals joining health sector

Mar 07, 2009 News

With the number of training programmes being offered by the Ministry of Health, along with the $700 million being expended directly and indirectly on these programmes every year, better health professionals are becoming part of the health sector.
This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who at his recent press conference noted that the quality of education has improved over the years. Teaching aids and teaching methods are constantly improving and the curriculum is regularly being upgraded.
“So the education that the new graduates are getting is a bit more expanding and of a higher quality than we did before, so you can see why our doctors don’t have a difficulty passing the exams at the University of the West Indies… We do very well,” Minister Ramsammy said.
As it relates to the health sciences training, Dr. Ramsammy said that approximately $350 million is spent on nurses and medexes.
In addition, six other training programmes have a budget of approximately $25 million, while the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) spends about $15 million on training.
Money is also spent on the post-graduate programme for surgery and basic life-support programmes, none of which is supported by any of the budgets.
“Not all of the $700 million goes to direct training cost, as some goes to paying stipends to students. In Guyana, we pay students to go to school… so the nurses get a stipend, and I’m always amused when they come to me and say that the stipend needs to be increased.
“In other countries you need to pay for nursing education… so the stipend can’t be too low. It is not meant to meet all of your costs… it’s meant to complement what you have.”
Minister Ramsammy added that a few weeks ago he amended the Medical Practitioner’s Act as it now requires that every physician, in order to get his/her licence renewed on an annual basis, must attain 12 credits of continuing medical education.
Before the amendment, it only required six credits.
Meanwhile, it was also explained that medical personnel and community health workers are also being trained at the foot care level programme in an effort to prevent amputation in the country.

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