In preparation for one day making Guyana a leader in the region for medical technology advancements in regenerative medicine and biomedical studies, government will be putting together a think tank of medical professionals to guide its healthcare policy framework and will be establishing a Medical Scientific Council, President Irfaan Ali said on Saturday.
On the grounds that one of the fundamentals of science was that it changes and evolves to bring a better quality of life through technologies, especially in medicine and medical care, Ali said the focus should be embracing holistic development of the sciences here.
“So if the science is dead the care is dead, if the science is dead the technology is dead,” Ali said as he delivered the keynote address at the Woodlands Hospital’s launch of its stem cell and immunotherapy services, a first in Guyana.