Mahaicony Diagnostic, Treatment Centre opens doors tomorrow - 28-member Cuban medical team arrives

Source: Guyana Chronicle, 22nd June 2008

ANOTHER modern health institution will open its doors to the public, offering a range of services as the administration continues to make strides in improving the level of health care in the country.

Residents of Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice) will from tomorrow begin benefiting from services at the Mahaicony Diagnostic and Treatment Centre.

A 28-member Cuban medical team to man the centre arrived in Guyana on Thursday and on Friday they were introduced to their new area of work.

The batch comprises doctors, nurses and technicians who will be supported by Guyanese medical personnel.

The installation of the electricity system will be completed tomorrow while the medical equipment is currently being put in place.

The Mahaicony Centre is part of a health package signed by Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Fidel Castro in February 2006 that caters for the construction of five modern health institutions: the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital at Diamond, the Leonora, Suddie, and Mahaicony Diagnostic and Treatment centres and the Ophthalmology centre at Port Mourant. The agreement also caters for the provision of Cuban medical personnel to man the centres and scholarships for Guyanese to study in Cuba.

Like the other centres Mahaicony will comprise an Intensive Care Unit, x-ray, laboratory and pharmacy. While the others have one theatre each Mahaicony will boast two, one for general surgeries and the other for maternal cases. There is also a very modern dental unit. (GINA)