Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday commissioned a newly constructed Dental Clinic amounting to some $3m at the Cumberland Health Centre, Region Six.
In delivering his remarks, Anthony noted said “At the end of last year across the country, we did close to two hundred and twenty thousand procedures and that was unheard of before. And that is because just like how we have eight centres open here in Region Six, we have been doing this across the country, opening up new centres, improving what we have and so forth”, he said
Further he said that the Cheddi Jagan Dental School is being transformed to offer a better and comprehensive service, a release from the Ministry of Health stated.
“In Georgetown we have the Cheddi Jagan Dental Centre, and we have refurbished the entire downstairs where we now have nine cubicles for Dental works and upstairs we have a special paeadiatric section for children. We’ve also created a section for surgical care”, Anthony said.
Meanwhile, Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo, praised the Cumberland Health Centre team for their dedication.
