{"id":21616,"date":"2024-08-07T23:56:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21616"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:56:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:56:50","slug":"new-bsc-program-in-respiratory-care-launched-at-ug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-bsc-program-in-respiratory-care-launched-at-ug\/","title":{"rendered":"New BSc Program in Respiratory Care Launched at UG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana is introducing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Respiratory Care at the University of Guyana, marking a significant expansion in the country&#8217;s academic offerings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new program, launched recently, is a collaborative effort involving the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), the Ministry of Health, UG, and several U.S. universities, including Texas State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Sharon Armstead, a Guyanese-born professor at Texas State University, played a key role in developing the curriculum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted that Guyana is now the only country in CARICOM and the wider Caribbean region offering this specialized program, which is expected to attract students from across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony emphasized that the program addresses the challenges exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to enhance Guyana\u2019s capacity in respiratory health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stressed the importance of inclusive recruitment to ensure the program benefits all regions of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The introduction of this program supports Guyana&#8217;s goal of developing a world-class healthcare system and is expected to contribute positively to the country\u2019s mortality rates, particularly infant mortality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana is introducing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Respiratory Care at the University of Guyana, marking a significant expansion in the country&#8217;s academic offerings. This new program, launched recently,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616","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=21616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21618,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616\/revisions\/21618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}