{"id":22414,"date":"2024-09-05T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22414"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:04:04","slug":"health-services-reach-monkey-mountain-residents-following-presidential-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/health-services-reach-monkey-mountain-residents-following-presidential-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Services Reach Monkey Mountain Residents Following Presidential Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of Monkey Mountain in Region Eight recently benefitted from a variety of free medical services provided by the Ministry of Health, fulfilling a commitment made by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during his visit to the hinterland community on August 14, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative included eye care, dental care, and cervical cancer screening as part of the government&#8217;s ongoing efforts to improve healthcare access in remote regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his visit, President Ali pledged that the Ministry of Health would deliver these essential services to the residents, ensuring immediate support for their healthcare needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eye care program, which included screenings and free spectacles through a voucher system, was one of the key services offered, providing near-instant access to vision correction for those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to eye care, the outreach included a dental program aimed at improving oral health, along with the introduction of the HPV vaccination and screening program to combat cervical cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative, launched earlier this year, is part of a broader government strategy to improve preventative healthcare across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health reported that the residents of Monkey Mountain expressed gratitude for the services provided during the outreach, which brought much-needed medical care directly to their community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon Residents of Monkey Mountain in Region Eight recently benefitted from a variety of free medical services provided by the Ministry of Health, fulfilling a commitment made by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22414","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\/22414","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=22414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22415,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22414\/revisions\/22415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}