{"id":25329,"date":"2025-01-07T15:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25329"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:57:22","slug":"groundbreaking-for-new-world-class-hospital-in-kato-region-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/groundbreaking-for-new-world-class-hospital-in-kato-region-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking for New World-Class Hospital in Kato, Region Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick | November 29, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Guyana has officially broken ground for a new state-of-the-art hospital in Kato, Region Eight, in a move that President Irfaan Ali describes as an \u201cexplosion of development\u201d for the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new facility is set to replace the current hospital and is expected to be completed within 24 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital will feature modern amenities, including an operating theatre capable of performing cataract and C-section surgeries, a fully equipped emergency room, diagnostic imaging services, digital X-ray, CT scans, a modern pharmacy, a dialysis center, pediatric services, and a contemporary maternity unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali emphasized that this substantial investment reflects the government&#8217;s commitment to equality, ensuring that residents of the hinterland receive the same level of healthcare as those on the coastland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony highlighted the role of telemedicine services in the region, enabling individuals to become registered nurses through remote training opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The construction of this new hospital will be funded by a $97 million USD loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with six other hospitals being upgraded nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will also provide employment to locals, with 60 people from the region set to work on the construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick | November 29, 2024 The government of Guyana has officially broken ground for a new state-of-the-art hospital in Kato, Region Eight, in a move that President Irfaan&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25329","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\/25329","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=25329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25343,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25329\/revisions\/25343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}