The Linden Hospital Complex received a defibrillator on 30th July from the Guyana Medical Relief, Inc., a Los Angeles, US-based organization that has been in existence for thirty years.
Sharir Chan, Chief Operations Officer of the Guyana Medical Relief Inc. in making the donation thanked Relief International for supporting the hometown organization with a grant, part of which was used to purchase defibrillators (a device that delivers a therapeutic dose of energy to the heart) worth $2M for distribution to medical institutions at Bartica, Linden, Port Mourant and Mahaicony.
CEO of the Linden Hospital Complex, Dr. Mohamed Riyasat in thanking Relief International on behalf of the institution, staff and the community said that he is thinking of placing the equipment in the Emergency Unit since there is immediate need for one there. Observing that the