The New Amsterdam Hospital medical laboratory received certification from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) making it one of a small number of medical laboratories that have been thus certified.
At a simple ceremony to mark the occasion, the hospital noted that it had been trying to get certified over a number of years but always encountered a setback. CEO at the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) Dr Vishwa Mahadeo said it was not easy for the institution to meet the standard and as such he charged the laboratory