In recognition of two decades of health services, the staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), along with the Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings and the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, opened a week of celebration with a service yesterday morning at the hospital.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the GPHC is observing its 20th Anniversary with a week of various activities to mark the occasion. The theme for the anniversary is “Striving for Excellence in Health Care Delivery”.
In her address to the gathering, DPI said that Minister Cummings applauded the staff’s dedication and hard work.
“The road has indeed been a long and arduous one. As the main referral hospital, I am aware of its prodigious workload, having worked here myself as a medical doctor. However, through the long days and sometimes even longer nights it is important that we deliver the best quality health care that we possibly can to our [patients].”
Cummings stated, according to DPI, that within the public health sector, there is a great need for better client services in management at every level.
“The Ministry of Public Health since 2015 has embarked on the national delivery of patient-centred healthcare to the people of Guyana. The patient’s experience within the public healthcare centre system in Guyana must be predicated by positive, respectful, professional and courteous attitude from the commencement of the experience at the health care facility through all of its relevant departments to the end of the engagement”, the minister stated.
