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Aug 29, 2011 News
Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says that the low cost Dialysis Center which is being set up at the Georgetown Hospital is expected to be in full operation shortly.
In a recent telephone interview, the Minister explained that all the parties involved had a meeting on Friday to discuss several areas that needed addressing.
Ramsammy stated that persons are currently being trained and within a couple of weeks the Dialysis Center is to be fully operational.
The Minister explained that his Ministry is working with a Canadian Charity Group to set up the Dialysis Center at the Georgetown Public Hospital and another on East Coast Demerara.
Kaieteur News was told that the group out of Canada has already hired a Nephrologist from India, since Guyana does not have one.
A Nephrologist is a physician who has been trained in the diagnosis and management of kidney disease, by regulating blood pressure, regulating electrolytes, balancing fluids in the body, and administering dialysis. The only Nephrologist Guyana has is Dr Roger Luncheon, and he isn’t practicing.
The Minister stated that he does not know how much the price of the treatment would be, but posited that it would be at a much more affordable cost than what currently exists.
The Minister added that last year Government had spent some $10M for the support of people getting dialysis treatment.
“With this new venture we are hoping that the Ministry will be able to help more people…if we could lower the price, definitely more people would be able to benefit from the service,” Dr Ramsammy said.
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