US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday visited a medical outreach underway in Mabaruma and which the US Embassy is a part of.
A statement yesterday from the US Embassy said that as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to Guyana, the US Embassy Civil Affairs Team (formally Humanitarian Affairs Program), in collaboration with the Office of the First Lady, the Guyanese Ministry of Health, the International Office for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, and local and US based NGOs are conducting a medical outreach and training which began on August 2nd and ends today in Georgetown, Port Kaituma, and Mabaruma. The outreach is a continuation of the education and teaching outreach held in March 2021, the statement said.
The US-based NGO Global Surgical and Medical Support Group provided eight medical personnel to Georgetown Public Hospital and nine medical personnel to support the medical outreach activities in Region 1, which encompassed nurses, physicians, OBGYNs, an anesthesiologist, and medical trainers.
Residents of Port Kaituma and Mabaruma benefitted from critical medical services in several areas including women’s health, basic trauma care, preventative medicine and suicide prevention. During her visit to Mabaruma on August 5, Lynch praised the collaborative efforts of the international community, Government of Guyana and the local and U.S. based NGOs during the medical outreach. She stated, “It is always so satisfying to see global, bilateral, national, and local experiences and resources come together for the benefit of those most in need, and the US Embassy is proud to support these efforts.”
