Medical assistance to Venezuelan migrants in Port Kaituma provided by Health Ministry

−ministerial team assesses situation
Venezuelan migrants who entered Anabisi, Port Kaituma, North West District from neighboring
Venezuela in poor health and without food, on Saturday received emergency medical care and
other assistance.
Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, who headed a ministerial team to the Region One
community to assess the situation, was reported as saying. He disclosed that a team of doctors
from the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation (GPHC), provided much needed
medical care.
“There are about 50 children in the community. We examined those who need medical attention
and gave treatment. Four children and their mother were taken to Port Kaituma for further
treatment. A medical team will do another outreach tomorrow,” the minister said.
The health minister stressed that the migrants also receive food and sanitary hampers from
responders.
He noted that an earlier statement issued by the Prime Minister office, Government said it was
aware of the situation at Anabisi, Port Kaituma, North West District. This was in relation to
where dozens of Amerindians, including children may have entered Guyanese territory from a
neighboring village in Venezuela in poor health and without food.
The Prime Minister’s office in that statement noted that regional authorities had already
responded with emergency interventions, providing immediate medical and food relief.
“The Government of Guyana remains mindful of its humanitarian obligations to migrants and
has been actively engaged in sustained efforts to deliver food and medical relief across the
regions where migration into Guyana is taking place,” the PM statement said.
The government remained committed to the humane management of the migrant situation
stemming from the economic and social instability in neighboring Venezuela, with the active
support of local stakeholders, as well as international partners,” the statement added.