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Jul 06, 2015 News
Members of Guyana Medical Relief Inc, (GMR Inc) ) the charitable organization comprising Guyanese living in America, have donated defibrillators to public medical institutions in Guyana to improve their capabilities for reviving patients stricken by heart attacks.
Chief Operating Officer of the GMR Inc. Mr. Sharir Chan disclosed that two heart machines, with a total value of $5,000 USD, were donated to the Mahaicony Hospital in Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice) and the Bartica Hospital in Region 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni).
The GMR Inc, he said, has two other defibrillators in hand for donation, one each to the Port Mourant Hospital in Region 6 (East Berbice/Corentyne) and the Linden Hospital in Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Berbice).
Chan who made the donations to the Mahaicony and Bartica hospitals during a brief visit to Guyana recently, said that donations to the two remaining beneficiaries will be made when he returns to Guyana later this month.
He said that the GMR Inc. also currently has an Ultrasound Machine which will be donated to an institution to be determined also later this month.
The GMR (Inc) , based in Los Angeles, California, was formed in 1984 by a small group of concerned Guyanese, to provide sponsorship for urgently needed medical supplies and equipment to Guyana, for use by both public and private hospitals.
The GMR Inc. collaborates with, and gets supplies from, Direct Relief International (DRI), a California-based agency with experience in providing worldwide medical assistance for over 57 years.
The four defibrillators valued at $10,000 USD were bought with grant funds supplied by the Izumi Foundation of Japan, another partner of the GMR Inc.
The defibrillator is an electrical device that provides as shock to the heart when a life-threatening rapid erratic beating develops.
The equipment shocks the heart to stop so that it can start beating rhythmically again.
Chan disclosed that as part of its support to Guyana, the GMR Inc. had recently refurbished the Accident and Emergency Unit at the Port Mourant Hospital free of cost
This recent support project, he said, had cost the GMR Inc. over $40,000 USD.
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