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Local nurses benefited from overseas training
Nineteen nurses countrywide benefited from a one-week training programme in Neonatal Resuscitation hosted by representatives from a Canadian charitable organization, Guyana Burn and Health Care (GB&HC).
The training which was held at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation started last year. This was the first time the examination was done online.
GPHC’s CEO Michael Khan
Those who benefited are Charlene Sampson, Deborah Campbell, Abbilisia Stephens, Kim Dennis, Wilma Arthur, Annette Johnson, Jacqueline David, Aaromie Semple, Locrecia Inniss, Virginie Lord, Marva Fransia, Anesha Dutchin, Dawn Stuart, Yolanda Renville, Natoya Munroe, Shiann Bagot, Gaitnee Surujpaul and Shanti Sukhra.
The nurses, some of whom are midwives at various hospitals such as the West Demerara Regional Hospital, Linden Hospital Complex, Kwakwani Hospital, GPHC, New Amsterdam Hospital and Suddie Hospital were successful at the course and were presented with their certificates yesterday by GPHC’s Chief Executive; Michael Khan.
The main aim of the program which will be an annual event is to educate the nurses on basic resuscitation skills for newly born infants.
Vernie Ally, a Canadian instructor told Kaieteur News that the programme is for nurses, doctors, therapists and anyone who has access to resuscitate a baby.
She said this year the programme was a “success” and all the participants did “great” although there were a few nurses who were not familiar with computers. They had to use the computer to do their exams.
Pamela Harakh, Vice President for the GB&HC said that the programme was overwhelming. She explained that the next step of this program will be to teach this year’s participants to be instructors so they themselves will be able to teach others and eventually, there will not be a need for an overseas instructor.
Mrs. Harakh explained that her organization has been in existence for 15 years and started helping the GPHC in 2002 by opening a Burn Care Unit. She stressed that when she visited the hospital 11 years back, the facility did not have wards for the burn patients.
“I remember seeing a room with the label “Burn Care” and when we opened it, there were furniture and other items and when we enquired, we were told that the burn patients are being placed in the wards with other patients so, since then we decided to help,” the Vice President of the NGO added.
Meanwhile, the nurses thanked the NGO for hosting the event. Kim Dennis from Kwakwani Hospital said “This program is very beneficial to me because our hospital doesn’t have a Neonatal Unit but a maternity ward where we do all our resuscitation.”
“At the Suddie Hospital, the midwives have to do everything, only if there is an emergency then the pediatrician would come. With the program I did, I will know what to do until the pediatrician comes,” Locrecia Inniss noted.
The GPHC’s CEO told the nurses that his hospital will be offering a crash- course in computer skills in November and nurses from various hospitals across Guyana will be invited.
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