The Ministry of Public Telecommunications has donated 20 tablet computers to the GPHC for use by COVID-19 patients in its Isolation Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
A release from the Ministry yesterday said that as part of the government’s COVID-19 relief measures, it has donated to the ICU at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the National Community Policing Organisation of Guyana.
The release said that the Isolation ICU has a capacity for 16 patients and was recently established to provide care for COVID-19 patients who require intensive treatment.
The release said that the tablets will allow patients in this unit to communicate with their family members since they are not allowed to have visitors while in isolation.
“GPHC officials believe that the tablets will provide psychosocial support for patients who are separated from their families during this difficult time”, the release said, adding that the Ministry has also presented 1,000 masks to the hospital which will be distributed to patients and workers.
The National Community Policing Organisation of Guyana at the Ministry of Public Security was also presented with 150 face masks to be shared among its members so that they can effectively continue their work in the community while protecting themselves from potentially contracting the virus.
