{"id":24145,"date":"2024-11-18T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24145"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:37:24","slug":"president-ali-breaks-ground-for-lethem-regional-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-breaks-ground-for-lethem-regional-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Breaks Ground for Lethem Regional Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 20, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has officially launched the construction of the Lethem Regional Hospital, a $6.5 billion state-of-the-art facility that promises to significantly enhance healthcare delivery in Region Nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new hospital, designed with 75 beds, will feature modern amenities, including two fully functional operating rooms, a contemporary emergency room with a procedure space for minor surgeries, diagnostic imaging services, a digital health control room, an intensive care unit, a pediatric wing, and a maternity ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the government\u2019s commitment to addressing critical healthcare challenges, President Ali announced the arrival of a specialist medical team from Qatar later this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team will work to eliminate the backlog of cardiac surgeries, starting with pediatric cases, as part of an ambitious plan to improve healthcare outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility will also serve as a teaching hospital, contributing to the development of medical professionals in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil has expressed interest in collaborating with Guyana to strengthen healthcare systems further, showcasing the project&#8217;s regional significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The construction contract for the Lethem Regional Hospital was awarded to CMEC-Sinopharm Consortium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed, the hospital is expected to transform healthcare access and delivery for residents of Lethem and surrounding areas, symbolizing a major step forward in national development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 20, 2024 President Dr. Irfaan Ali has officially launched the construction of the Lethem Regional Hospital, a $6.5 billion state-of-the-art facility that promises to significantly enhance healthcare delivery in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24145","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\/24145","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=24145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24146,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24145\/revisions\/24146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}