Number of people with disabilities pegged at 200,000 this year

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From left: Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran; PAHO/WHO representative Dr William Adu-Krow; Debita Harripersaud, Director of Rehabilitation Services; Dr Linda Kelly Occupational Health specialist of Delgado Community College and Dr Armando Vasquez, Regional Advisor for Disability and Rehabilitation, Latin America and Caribbean PAHO/WHO at the launching of the National Rehabilitation Services Strategic Plan 2014-2020.
From left: Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran; PAHO/WHO representative Dr William Adu-Krow; Debita Harripersaud, Director of Rehabilitation Services; Dr Linda Kelly Occupational Health specialist of Delgado Community College and Dr Armando Vasquez, Regional Advisor for Disability and Rehabilitation, Latin America and Caribbean PAHO/WHO at the launching of the National Rehabilitation Services Strategic Plan 2014-2020.

The number of people with disabilities in Guyana this year is projected to be some 200,000 and this figure includes those who are institutionalized, living on the streets and those who are temporarily disabled, Director of Rehabilitation Services (ag) Debita Harripersaud said yesterday when the National Rehabilitation Services Strategic Plan 2014 – 2020 was launched at the Pegasus Hotel.

Harripersaud said the figure was first set at 50,000 and this was extrapolated from the 2002 population census,