The Ministry of Health commissioned a $100M Tuberculosis Programme Unit at the Georgetown Hospital as part of this year’s observances aimed at eradicating the disease.
The Unit aims to increase national efforts and awareness of the disease in the light of an upsurge in cases globally. The Unit, comprising a chest clinic which has already been commissioned, the TB programme Unit and an inpatient facility which is under construction, attracted scores of persons on its opening on National Tuberculosis Day.
According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy called on the private sector, NGOs and developing