Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) and partners donate GY $77M worth of PPE’s

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) including over 1.5M of medical masks amounting to
Guy$77M dollars have been donated to Guyana’s Health Ministry COVID Prevention
Programme. This is thanks to the generosity of Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC)
partners, PRIMED Medical Products, GlobalMedic and CS World Cargo.
CGCC Co-chair, Winston Kassim said “As a result of our bilateral partnership, we
are contributing to Guyana’s COVID Prevention Programme, which is particularly significant in
light of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. The Chamber is grateful to Rahul Singh,
Executive Director of GlobalMedic, PRIMED Medical Products for providing these masks and
to Chandie Singh, Director of CS World Cargo, who facilitated
the processing and container shipment to Guyana.”

“We must also thank the Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony and the staff of Guyana’s Health
Ministry for facilitating the speedy clearance of these items so they can be
distributed to Guyana’s health care facilities and workers. This is the second donation of 2021
made by the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce. The first comprised a quantity of food and
sanitation items as well as monetary donations  to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in June
2021,” the CGCC CEO, Ms Treina Fiona Butts said.
Dr. Narine Singh, Chief Medical Officer at the Health Ministry extended heartfelt thanks to the
Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) for this timely contribution of medical masks
and gowns. Dr. Singh said this generous gesture will boost the Health Ministry’s COVID-19
Prevention Programme, by supporting the efforts of our dedicated healthcare professionals. “The
use of PPEs continues to be an important factor in preventing the transmission of the SARS-
COV-2 virus, especially among our frontline healthcare workers,” he stressed.
He indicated that the MOH looks forward to the continued support of the CGCC in any future
endeavors, which would be beneficial in elevating the health status of the Guyanese people.
About Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC)
The Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce is a non-partisan institution promoting and
facilitating investment and trade between Guyana and Canada and Guyana and other countries.
The CGCC was launched on December 4, 2020.