The Ministry of Health is working to increase human resources throughout the health sector in Guyana and according to Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Adviser to the Minister, over 300 persons will graduate as pharmacy assistants next year.
The Health Services of Region Six on Saturday launched the Pharmacy Assistant Training Programme. Previously the programme was being done in Georgetown and small numbers of persons were selected from each region to train in the city. However, the Ministry of Health has made a major change allowing persons to be trained and stationed within their home region.
According to Dr Ramsammy, initially, they were planning to select thirty persons from the 153 applications received. However, eventually, 40 persons were chosen to be trained.