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Aug 02, 2009 News
Guyana Watch, a non-governmental organisation made up of mostly overseas-based Guyanese who have been bringing a team of doctors to Guyana for the past 17 years, has completed its mission for this year.
In the process the team identified a record 16 patients for heart surgeries.
President of Guyana Watch, Tony Yassin, last evening told Kaieteur News that this is the largest group of patients to be selected since Guyana Watch has been undertaking its voluntary medical missions here.
He said those selected for heart surgery are mostly children, with just one being 21 years old.
The surgeries will take place in India and the United States.
The 17th Guyana Watch mission started its activities two weeks ago, and saw a total of 2,801 residents seeking medical attention. The team comprised 12 doctors, including the lone cardiologist, Dr Jayendra Sharma, who carried out the echocardiogram at the Caribbean Heart Institute with the help of cardiac technician, Jason Solomon.
The dentist on this year’s mission, Chirian Reddy, said that on previous missions (this being his fourth), the focus was on “extractions, extractions, extractions.”
But this year, he said the team sought to concentrate on other areas, including providing fluoride supplements. On future missions, he said, the team would like to concentrate on prevention.
Guyana Watch this year held clinics at Patentia/Wales, West Bank Demerara; Meten-meer-zorg, West Coast Demerara; Timehri, East Bank Demerara; Aurora, Essequibo Coast, Albion, Rose Hall and Bath Settlement in Berbice; and at orphanages. According to Yassin, the Guyana Watch team this year left medical kits with the communities and schools.
As a result of this mission, Guyana Watch has also decided to offer three scholarships for deserving candidates to attend the University of Guyana, and to also identify one pilot site for a community-based computer laboratory project.
Yassin said that Guyana Watch hopes to identify 14 other sites this year. The Guyana Watch team extended thanks to the government and all the sponsors who made its mission successful.
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