{"id":26346,"date":"2025-02-08T23:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26346"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:52:59","slug":"region-ten-health-initiatives-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/region-ten-health-initiatives-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Region Ten Health Initiatives for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 15, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, Region Ten&#8217;s health services will see several key upgrades and new projects, according to Regional Health Officer Dr. Gregory Harris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the major initiatives include the establishment of a new operating theatre at Kwakwani Hospital, a mobile clinic to reach remote areas, and enhancements to solar systems to improve cold storage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The region will also commission a new Health Centre in Falmouth, a new mortuary at the Upper Demerara Hospital, and improvements in solid waste management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Harris highlighted the rehabilitation of the incinerator at the Linden Hospital Complex and the construction of a new incinerator at Upper Demerara Hospital to improve waste disposal services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, mini incinerators are being planned for other locations in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A significant focus will be on telemedicine, with ten new telemedicine sites set to open, especially in areas without a Medex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shanacia Duggan, a nurse at the Muritaro Health Centre, explained how telemedicine allows patients to receive remote consultations with doctors via video chats, helping to improve healthcare accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Harris also took the opportunity to recognize the winners of the 2024 Breastfeeding Competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sand Hills Health Centre in the Berbice River took first place, with Bamia Health Centre and Letitia Holder Health Centre securing second and third place, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These improvements aim to expand healthcare access, improve services, and support better health outcomes across Region Ten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 15, 2025 In 2025, Region Ten&#8217;s health services will see several key upgrades and new projects, according to Regional Health Officer Dr. Gregory Harris. Some of the major initiatives&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346","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=26346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26347,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions\/26347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}