The Texila American University (TAU) is hoping to provide a service for both patients on the East Bank Demerara and students at the university with the development of a hospital on its Providence campus.
The hospital, which is yet to be constructed, will house some 50 beds according to the university’s Director of Recruitment and Public Relations Sreebala Kumar.
When speaking with this newspaper on Wednesday, he informed that the university will be providing the service for both the health sector and students to benefit from as it would be the second hospital on the East Bank.
He added that the university building at the Providence campus was constructed on five acres of land, but the entire plot has not been used. The remaining land will be used to facilitate the hospital which will serve as both a training facility for students attached to the university and clinical programmes. The Director said that the establishment will provide two specialties but refrained from disclosing any further information concerning this. However, he did say that professionals will be working there and that the development of the hospital will not take away from students doing rotations at other local hospitals.
He also spoke about the status of students at the university and how their learning has been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. He said that the TAU was established in 2010 as a medical school with only seven students and over the past decade the university has admitted over 7,000 students. It currently offers courses in medicine, business management and public health, he added. This newspaper had previously reported that the institution also offers an oil & gas specialisation in its business programme.
Concerning the move from physical classes to online, Kumar said that it was not a difficult transition because many of the students had already been enrolled in online classes thereby negating the need for much adjustment. He pointed out that only recently, 90 students have graduated virtually.
