Almost 100 patients have passed through Guyana’s COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) since the beginning of the pandemic in Guyana.
This was disclosed to Stabroek News by Communications Manager at the hospital, Chelauna Providence, who stated that as of Thursday, 98 persons have been treated at the ICU which was set up following the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana in March.
Providence said that 85 of those persons required critical care while admitted to the unit, adding that the unit which has been equipped with 14 beds has only had that amount of patients in at one time on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health, 14 persons remain at the ICU as of Thursday. “Yesterday [Wednesday] is the fullest our ICU has ever been.”