Guyana’s health sector is celebrating another milestone as it receives its first emergency medicine specialist, who will be looking to improve the services of the Accident and Emergency (A& E) Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Dr Zulficar Bux underwent three years of training at the GPHC under the supervision of professionals from the Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, U. S. A. He has been recently appointed head of the hospital’s A& E Unit.
Dr Bux said prior to his training, he recognised that there is a need for improved medical care in emergency medicine and an emergency medicine specialist will be helpful in this regard.
As such, he decided to pursue training through a scholarship from the Vanderbilt University in 2010.
The doctor pointed out that emergency medicine has a prominent place in Guyana, noting that over the years, emergency training has improved at the GPHC in the areas of patient management, and correct and timely diagnosis.
“I’m going to be the leader for the rest of the emergency room with the guidance of the professionals from Vanderbilt. The idea though, is to move this process forward and to make sure it doesn’t fall apart. However, the entire change in the emergency room will not be done just by me, I am just here to guide and assist the rest of the residents and work as a team to actually improve the services of the emergency room,” he stated.
