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In-service midwifery training for nurses imminent
The Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) will soon be introducing in-service
Health Minister
Dr Bheri Ramsaran
training for nurses in Guyana.
This is according to Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, who made the revelation during the turning of the sod for the $263M expansion and remodeling of the maternity ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Ramsaran said the ministry has been able to recruit the capacity to train in-service midwives. He said that with the assistance of PAHO, the training of the nurses will be introduced shortly. Ramsaran said the training would ensure that nurses will be trained as midwives when they go to the maternity ward.
“We’re starting a process whereby the small portion of midwives will be increased and by the end of a short time, every single nurse in the maternity ward will have had to pass through that quality, supervised training,” Ramsaran said.
Dr. Ramsaran said too that the Ministry of Health is working towards improving neonatal care across the country.
He said that an analysis of under-five mortality showed that some 48% of the deaths fell on neonatal care.
He also noted that the neonatal intensive care unit did not have the capacity to address in the best manner the needs of babies born under the recommended weight or with other diseases.
Ramsaran said too that many of these babies require special, expensive care.
He emphasised that improved neonatal care would lead to happier and healthier families. He also urged nurses to work on their ethics and their “human touch”.
“Good behaviour is not only a building and equipment, but you, the people,” Ramsaran noted. He stressed the importance of having trained nurses who adequately execute all aspects of their duties. He further stated that there are “rotten apples in the barrel” and urged all nurses to work towards removing “that small potential blot”.
Dr. Ramsaran also said that more obstetricians and gynecologists will be trained in collaboration with the UNFPA.
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