{"id":18469,"date":"2024-04-15T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18469"},"modified":"2024-04-15T13:17:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:17:54","slug":"surgical-milestone-reached-in-kamarang-eight-successful-procedures-undertaken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/surgical-milestone-reached-in-kamarang-eight-successful-procedures-undertaken\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgical Milestone Reached in Kamarang: Eight Successful Procedures Undertaken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Fabiana Mcklmon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of Kamarang in Region Seven, along with neighboring villages, have experienced a significant healthcare breakthrough with the completion of a series of surgeries at the newly established surgical theatre in the Upper Mazaruni District Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surgical team successfully performed eight procedures, including gallstone and hernia removals, benefiting residents from Paruima, Waramadong, Phillipai, Kamarang, and several other communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo, Director General of the Ministry of Health, emphasized that this achievement reflects President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s commitment to enhancing healthcare services and bridging the gap between hinterland and coastal regions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the initiative alleviates the burden faced by patients who previously had to endure long journeys to the capital for medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the media, beneficiaries of the surgical procedures shared their experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sylvester Hope expressed gratitude for the smooth process and thanked the project team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Colson Thompson, who had previously sought medical assistance in Georgetown without success, expressed relief after undergoing successful surgery for hernia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This milestone marks the introduction of surgical capabilities in several hinterland villages for the first time, including Moruca in Region One and Aishalton in Region Nine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government plans to expand surgical facilities to additional villages in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fabiana Mcklmon Residents of Kamarang in Region Seven, along with neighboring villages, have experienced a significant healthcare breakthrough with the completion of a series of surgeries at the newly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18469","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\/18469","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=18469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18471,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18469\/revisions\/18471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}