Freshly minted Guyanese doctors, numbering over 200, who were trained in Cuba will over the next few days, in groups of 60, be put through several training sessions that would prepare them for their first postings. At the orientation for the doctors on Monday at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, they were told of the demands of the health system, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.
Scope of training
Their training will incorporate, among others, legal and administrative components of the health system, regional and clinical health services, maternal and child health programme, completing medical records, national medicine policy and essential medicines list, tertiary care and referral systems, national HIV/ AIDS programme, quality and standards in health care, non-communicable diseases control, standards treatment guidelines, malaria control, TB control, and rational use of antibiotics and immunisation.
The training also encompasses Advances in Labour and Risk Management ( ALARM); basic life support; advanced life support; paediatric advanced life support; and Visual Inspection Using Acetic Acid (VIA), which are all part of the ministry’s promotion of continuous learning.
A few weeks ago, the ministry sent off 70 doctors who have already started performing their duties at hospitals in the various regions. They were put through a similar process prior to being dispatched.
In his presentation, Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran noted that the orientation sessions will illustrate what is expected of the doctors and how a long-term relationship can be fashioned as they continue to serve the Guyanese population.
In recognition of the contribution made by the Cuban government in helping Guyana to create a skilled cadre of doctors, Minister Ramsaran recalled the steps taken by former President Bharrat Jagdeo and then Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2006 to facilitate the process.
The Cuban government also assisted in providing staff for the new diagnostic and treatment centres and the National Ophthalmology Hospital in Port Mourant, Region Six that were constructed to enhance the health-care system.
