Eighty-six persons from 20 organisations have completed mass casualty management training and many of them are to be deployed for the upcoming Mashramani celebrations.
According to a statement yesterday from the Ministry of the Presidency, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), the Ministry of Public Health and the Canadian High Commission in Guyana on Wednesday concluded a one-week Mass Casualty Management (MCM) and Incident Command Systems (ICS) workshop.
Each of the 86 participants is now internationally accredited in mass gatherings management techniques. Forty-two of the participants completed the ICS and 39 the MCM between February 5-7, 2018 and February 8-14, respectively. Additionally, five instructors completed their MCM evaluation.