Sheriff General Hospital has announced the successful completion of its first-ever brain surgery, and according to a release from the institution, it is a critical milestone in its commitment to providing comprehensive medical services in Guyana and underscores the hospital’s ability to handle complex medical procedures with its skilled in-house team.
On September 7, the hospital’s medical team, led by neurosurgeon Dr Marco Ramirez, performed life-saving surgery on José Newton, a Brazilian miner from Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, who suffered severe head injuries in an accident.
Medevaced to the facility located at Plantation Groenveldt, Leonora, West Coast Demerara, by the hospital’s Bell 505 emergency response helicopter, Newton was immediately diagnosed with a skull fracture and a significant blood clot.