The US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Program in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Wismar Mosque and the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana recently hosted a medical outreach exercise and donated a quantity of pharmaceuticals to the Linden Regional Hospital Complex in Region Ten.
Hundreds of Lindeners benefited from free medical services in various fields such as gynaecology, paediatrics, dermatology and general medicine, a press release from the Embassy said.
The HAP team also donated pharmaceuticals to the hospital in order to provide follow-up care and services to those treated at the clinic and to the residents of Linden. The medical outreach was supported by medical volunteer staff from the Tiwari Pharmacy, West Coast Demerara, Doobay Medical Centre, East Coast Demerara, St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Georgetown and the Linden hospital.
Medical outreaches through the HAP are a core component of the US Embassy’s continuing commitment to work with the government though the health ministry to support enhanced public health for the nation.
The recent exercise and donation is the latest in a series of activities undertaken by the HAP which is an initiative carried out through the Embassy that assists local communities in the areas of social economic and medical development.
HAP works to bring together multiple local and international civic organisations to achieve common goals, the press statement said.
