Women’s Group makes donation to GPHC

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By North American Correspondent 

Members of a Guyanese Canadian women’s group called the Guyana Pioneer Group, comprising of seven female Guyanese, engaged in fundraising in Toronto to assist the Burns Unit within the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The project was initiated by the Toronto-based Burn and Health Care Charitable Foundation and the Burns Care Unit of the GPHC.

The Guyana Pioneer Group has been collaborating with the founders of the project to help them realize their goal to provide a better facility for burn victims in Guyana.

The Guyana Pioneer Group is a 23-year old organisation which focuses on giving back to worthwhile causes. “When you feel like you’ve gotten a lot out of life, it’s only right to give back,” said the President of the Guyana Pioneer Group, Thelma Tappin.

President of the Guyana Burn and Health Care Charitable Foundation, Harry Harakh extolled the positive contribution of the burns unit has made. He said: “It has been found that there has been 40% less deaths among patients who have 20-50% bodily burns”.

The decrease in the death rate can be attributed to many factors, one being the support from Sunnybrook Hospital of Toronto. Sunnybrook has generously donated equipment and provided nurses to assist in the training of their counterparts in Guyana. Previous donations included medical machines such as EKGs as well as special pressure mattresses and beds intended to provide a more comfortable setting for burn victims.

Additionally, the Guyana Burn and Health Care Charitable Foundation plans to target a few projects at GPHC including the improvement of skin grafting procedures, the development of the common area for patients, a surgical suite and recovery room. The organisation has since launched an appeal for support from members of the public.

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