Opinion

Our use of the term ‘specialty hospital’ does not conform to the standards of international healthcare

Dear Editor, In the field of healthcare, the term ‘SPECIALTY HOSPITAL’ is defined as a hospital or the specialty unit of a general hospital licensed to provide limited range of services in specific areas such as cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology, gynecology, obstetrics, neurology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, oncology, pediatrics, psychiatry, urology, etc.

Vending

It was none other than Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, not some relevant minister, who held forth on the subject of Georgetown vendors in a press conference last week.

Correction 

In its editorial of May 7, 2023 Stabroek News stated that Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy addressing members of the press on World Freedom Day on May 3rd indicated that a separate association which would advocate for the rights of the press would be established. 

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