Three medical personnel from the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) will be heading to Argentina on August 23 to partake in capacity building exercises focused on Quality Management and Control in the area of blood banking.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Public Health, Acting Director of the NBTS, Pedro Lewis will spend two weeks in Argentina, while Quality Manager, Davina Singh and Donor Organiser, Tonza Bamfield will spend one week.
The release stated that the exercises will take place at the Garrahan Hospital in Argentina and represent phase two of a three-year programme which falls within the framework of the South-South Cooperation Agreement between the two South American Nations.
Speaking at a press conference in the Ministry of Public Health’s Boardroom yesterday, Argentine Ambassador, Luis Martino explained that the overall aim of the programme is to improve the blood safety levels in Guyana by building and strengthening human capacity, knowledge and technology, the release said.
According to the release, Martino said that if all goes well with the three-year programme, they are ready and willing to broaden the scope of the South-South Cooperation in heath beyond blood transfusion to other areas such as medicine.
Meanwhile, Acting Director of the NBTS, Pedro Lewis, explained that the NBTS has already been able to improve its services due to the visits by the consultants during the first phase of the programme. Areas which have been improved include blood management and the collection of statistic, the release stated.
