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Berbice police benefit from medical seminar

Jul 01, 2013 News

Several law enforcement officers from the three police divisions in Berbice: Sub- Divisions One, Two and Three, participated in an education and empowerment seminar over the weekend from Operation DreamCatchers medical mission team from New York. The initiative was held at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC).
The ranks were educated through slideshow presentations on police response to persons with diabetes, heart disease, mental health problems, stroke, alcohol abuse and also exposed to CPR training.
The ranks were also afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the medical team. At the end of the session, the team presented each Sub- Division with First Responders/First Aid Manuals and books which will be made available at the various police stations in East and West Berbice.
One of the members of the team, Anesha Narain, stated that “we also are having a health fair where we have invited the public to come and will speak on the same topics….symptoms and causes, and we are trying to give out canes, walkers, wheel chairs, back braces and we come every year.”
She noted that it is the team’s fourth mission, “and this is the first time we dealt with the members of the Guyana Police Force.”
Operation DreamCatchers was started in September 2009 by three friends: Melissa Butchin and Stacey Longden in New York. The group has grown considerably over the years, with members both here and overseas.
They raise funds to assist organizations and needy persons with medical supplies. The team that is currently in Guyana comprises medical students who are studying in New York at the moment.
“At the same time, we try to educate the public because we want to try to prevent people from getting these diseases,” Narain stated.
DreamCatchers has been visiting Guyana over the past four years at the behest of the Association of Bible Churches in Guyana and holding medical outreaches all across the country. So far, they have visited all the hospitals in Guyana.
They travelled to Edinburgh, Wakenaam, Mahaica, and St. Cuthbert’s Mission to visit with the communities and distribute medical items. The team comprises: Jessica Geer, Robert Rock, Omashwari Antooa, Melissa Buchan, Anesha Narain and their local on-the-ground coordinator, Pastor Shawn Geer. The team is looking forward to their 2014 mission to Guyana.
Geer thanked the team and police force members for being a part of the session. “Of all people, you [the police] deal with some of the strangest cases of the day…so it has been a huge concern of ours.” Geer added that the next step will be to provide help in terms of counseling members of the public about alcohol, drug abuse and suicide.
(Leon Suseran)

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