China donates $26M in medical equipment to GPHC

THE 16th Chinese Medical Brigade in Guyana, on Tuesday, donated $26M in medical equipment to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), to ramp up its disease diagnosis and treatment capacity.

The medical equipment was donated by the National Health Commission of China and Jiangsu Province Health Commission of China to promote quality medical service for Guyanese. The ceremony was held in the Resource Centre of GPHC.

The donated materials included flexible videoscopes, portable colour multispectral ultrasound system, non-contact tonometer, computer infusion pumps, surgical instruments, orthopedic instruments, obstetrics and gynaecology instruments, among other equipment.

In addition to this donation, China also donated masks, ventilators, automatic nucleic acid extraction system and other essential medical supplies to Guyana to control COVID-19 pandemic this year. Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun and Guyana’s Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, attended the donation ceremony.

Leader of the People’s National Congress David Granger handed over the Government of Guyana’s $25,000 ‘Covid-19 relief and support household grant’ to five villagers from the Mocha-Arcadia Neighbourhood, East Bank Demerara.

He had received the cash grant for his household the previous day, a release from the PNCR said today.

Granger lamented the distress caused by the rising number of deaths from the Covid-19 Pandemic and the “high rate of dismissals of public servants” since the People’s Progressive Party/Civic entered office on 2nd August.

Chinese Guyanese are the best !

India should be doing more for Indo Guyanese ~