With one in ten Guyanese affected by asthma, the Georgetown Public Hospital hopes the opening of its state-of-the-art lung testing lab and Asthma Education Programme will take it one step closer to managing chronic lung diseases.
In a press release the hospital informed that the lab, which opens today, and will be located on the first floor of the AC/DC building, materialized through the Ministry of Health and doctors Robert Levy, Debra Isaacs and Kishan Narine of the Calgary University in Canada. These three doctors will provide technical and other support to the programme.
The release also stated that the lab and programme were the first components in the development of an innovative integrated chronic disease management strategy for patients with common chronic diseases such as heart failure, COPD, chronic kidney disease and diabetes throughout Guyana. According to the release while there is no cure for asthma, appropriate management, which includes a partnership between the patient and health care team, there can be excellent control and a normal life for patients.
