Burn patients at GPHC to receive counseling

Jan 09, 2020 News

The Board of Directors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be adding counseling sessions to the hospital curriculum, with the aim of assisting burn patients on ways to deal with their scars.

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This is according to a top official at the city hospital.
In a recent interview with Kaieteur News, the official stated that most of the patients in the Burns Care Unit (BCU) at the city hospital would usually complain about their appearance while going through physical therapy.
The official stated that majority of the patients at the hospital are between the ages of 20 and 36 and they are very concerned about facing the general public with the scars showing what had happened to them.
“Majority of the patients at the Burn Unit were diagnosed with third degree burns, about their body. Most of these burn patients were attacked by their former lovers.”
The official further stated that the counseling will be done by medical personnel who have been working in the (BCU) at the hospital for a number of years.
“We selected workers that have been working at the hospital for a number of years, and in the Burn Care Unit. These senior workers are best able to do the job because there have the experience of working with burn victims and they know what these patients are going through.
“I believed that the counseling will assist these patients to accept who they are, and step by step they will go out into the environment with a high self esteem,’’ the official continued.
The counseling session is expected to begin on Monday and will be for one hour every day at the unit.

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