The Ministry of Health yesterday announced a new partnership with the radiology nonprofit organization, RAD-AID Inter-national, to expand and improve radiology capabilities and services throughout the country.
A release from the Ministry said that the collaboration entails the expansion of medical imaging equipment, Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), electronic health interconnectivity, community outreach, as well as clinical education for nurses, technologists and physicians.
The release said that the partnership builds upon RAD-AID’s work since 2017 to establish Guyana’s first radiology residency at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), which recently saw the graduation of the first class of in-country trained radiologists. Over the last four years, the release said that RAD-AID also implemented and supported new computed tomography (CT) services and PACS at the GPHC, New Amsterdam and Bartica Hospitals, along with training of physicians, nurses and technologists for IV contrast procedures, radiologic/ultrasound image-quality, patient-safety, and women’s health outreach (with support from Ambra Health, Philips, Bayer and Google Cloud). During the COVID-19 pandemic, RAD-AID also upped remote teaching and clinical support to Guyana’s hospitals, and delivered medical imaging artificial intelligence implementation and training (with support from Densitas, Koios Medical, and Qure.ai).