{"id":18229,"date":"2024-04-05T17:44:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18229"},"modified":"2024-04-05T17:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:44:46","slug":"minister-anthony-inaugurates-regional-dental-unit-in-linden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-anthony-inaugurates-regional-dental-unit-in-linden\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Anthony Inaugurates Regional Dental Unit in Linden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Shawnette Fiedkou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has officially commissioned the first Regional Dental Unit in Christianburg, Linden, Region Ten, with the objective of delivering high-quality dental care services to residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Regional Dental Unit, situated at the former Christianburg Health Centre, is fully equipped to cater to the dental care needs of the region&#8217;s populace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony involving trained dental aids, the facility was inaugurated on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony emphasized that the primary goal of the unit is to ensure access to quality dental care for all residents of the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored the importance of promoting preventative care alongside treatments aimed at repairing, restoring, and maintaining optimal dental hygiene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Principal Dental Surgeon, Dr. Marvin Monize, from the Cheddi Jagan Dental School, highlighted the specialized dental services that the unit will offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that last year alone, Region Ten saw 7,000 dental procedures, and with the establishment of the new unit, it is anticipated that this number will double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Health Officer for Region Ten, Dr. Gregory Harris, expressed pride in the advancements being made in dental care services within the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the significance of this initiative in enhancing the overall health and well-being of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rehabilitation of the facility, valued at $7 million, included the procurement of equipment worth $15 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With state-of-the-art facilities and a dedicated team, the Regional Dental Unit is poised to significantly improve dental healthcare accessibility and quality in Linden and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shawnette Fiedkou Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has officially commissioned the first Regional Dental Unit in Christianburg, Linden, Region Ten, with the objective of delivering high-quality dental care&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18231,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18229\/revisions\/18231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}