Guyana Watch team services West Coast B’ce

Aug 16, 2013 News

– heads for Leonora today

By Romila Boodram

Residents of West Coast Berbice took the opportunity to see the doctors of the Guyana Watch Medical team yesterday, as the specialists moved to the Bath Settlement Primary School early yesterday and in a short time had their clinic up and running.
Within minutes, the volunteers were registering patients and learning medical histories and vital information to assists the doctors in their diagnostic sessions.

A patient being looked after by the dentist, Dr. Chiran Reddy

Patients were then sent to adjacent rooms, be it for dental checkups, to visit the pediatrician or for general checkups after which they were sent to the pharmacy to collect the prescribed medication.
Yesterday, 321 patients were attended to at the clinic.
An interview with patients, waiting to see the doctors revealed that some of them were at the school as early as 06:00am yesterday.
According to one resident, Samantha Arjune, whenever the doctors visit the community, there would be a long line, hence, she arrived at the school at 06:15am.
“If you see de line wha’ dem does got, you does want turn back. Last year too there was nuff, nuff people.”
Another patient, Pooran welcomed the doctors to the community and thanked them for the excellent job they have been doing over the years.
Many persons asked for the doctors to visit their community more often, with some requesting eye care services.
“My eye does hurt me bad and that is why I come. I thought there would have been an eye doctor,” said 69-year-old Jude Mohamed.
President for the Guyana Watch team Tony Yassin stated, however, that eye care is a major problem in Guyana and he advised that persons visit the relevant hospitals which offer that vital service. He promised to distribute reading glasses to the needy next year.
A first-timer in Guyana, Dr. Nadav Mor said that the patients he examined yesterday were generally in good health when compared to those in Timehri and Patentia.
“The patients here seem to be in much better health. Their blood pressure and sugar content are good and the volume of patients seems to be low here,” Dr, Mor said.

Dr Nor prepares to examine the foot of one of the patients

Seven teenagers from the United States of America who are aspiring doctors came to Guyana to offer their assistance. They are Shawn Chakraborty, Brandon Somwaru, Kushal Dave and her sister, Kavita, Namrata Mehta and her sister, Nikita, and Anjali Ghodasara.
The Guyana Watch team will be at the Leonora Primary School today.