Guyana, China sign MoU on doctor training

The Government of Guyana and the People’s Republic of China yesterday sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the ‘China/Guyana House of Medical Science’ which would enable training of local doctors by members of the Chinese medical team.
According to GINA, Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran who signed on Government’s behalf, said the MOU is a continuation of a bilateral agreement between Guyana and China.
China’s Health Minister, Li Bin who signed the MOU, said the two countries have a long standing relationship.
Minister Bin said that in 1993, a medical team of 147 practitioners came to Guyana from China and since then practitioners have been rotating their visits. It was further stated that since 2001, China established a medical team at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and over 5000 patients have been cared for. Ophthalmologists have also performed hundreds of eye surgeries.
“I believe that under the efforts of the two Governments the partnership will bring about new achievements,” Minister Bin said, GINA reported.