{"id":23082,"date":"2024-09-18T21:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T21:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23082"},"modified":"2024-09-18T21:28:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T21:28:48","slug":"jagdeo-defends-plans-for-new-west-demerara-regional-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/jagdeo-defends-plans-for-new-west-demerara-regional-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagdeo Defends Plans for New West Demerara Regional Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party\/Civic and Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, has defended the decision to build a new West Demerara Regional Hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes after President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s announcement to replace the current hospital structure with a modern facility, which faced criticism in a recent editorial by <em>Stabroek News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The editorial raised concerns about the two-year feasibility study required before construction could begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Dr. Jagdeo responded by explaining that the regional population is growing rapidly, and the aging hospital infrastructure will soon be unable to meet the increasing demand for healthcare services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addressing the concerns, Jagdeo questioned the necessity of a study for an existing hospital, emphasizing the urgency of simply replacing it to meet the needs of the local population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice President also mentioned that a new manpower plan has been developed to support the healthcare sector\u2019s growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of the government\u2019s wider health agenda, designed to cater to residents across different regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This expansion of healthcare services is expected to reduce the number of referrals to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, while ensuring international standards of medical care across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party\/Civic and Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, has defended the decision to build a new West Demerara Regional Hospital. This comes after President Irfaan&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23082","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=23082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23092,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23082\/revisions\/23092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}