RC confident that region Five’s health sector expanding

Mahaica – Berbice (Region Five), Regional Chairman, Vickchand Ramphal said significant
investments in the region’s health sector have boosted the wide range of healthcare services
being offered to residents. Ramphall stressed that this sector is being further expanded through
the region’s 2022 work programme.
The RC disclosed that since government assumed office in August 2020, the health sector has
seen significant improvement, reducing referrals to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation
(GPHC). RC Ramphal stressed that the region will soon see the establishment of its own regional
hospital which he said, will “bring great changes of how our people can access healthcare
services in the region and further it will create development and other opportunities for the
people in Region Five.”
The regional chairman also pointed out that the region is also expected to benefit from a series of
infrastructural works on the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital, along with the construction of several
new health centres.   “We have seen the extension of the Mahaicony hospital whereby a new
department was set up. Also, in equipping that facility, there are additional resources being
placed to have a more modern x-ray machine and other equipment that will aid in better
healthcare services to our people in that area,” Ramphal stressed.
He revealed that Oxygen supply systems will also be provided to the Rosignol Health Centre,
Experiment Covid-19 Isolation Centre and Mahaicony Hospital. The RC disclosed that in 2020,
a new pediatric ward was commissioned at the Mahaicony Hospital, which included renovation
to the male and female surgical and obstetrics-gynaecology (OB-GYN) wards. The facility was
also equipped with ramps and a lift to accommodate persons with disabilities at a cost of over
$38M.