| “Doctors alone cannot run a hospital; doctors really can’t complete the process of giving the care and getting the patients back to their normal lives.”Dr. Madan RambarranThis opinion was recently expressed by Director of the Institute of Health Science Education, Dr. Madan Rambarran, who pointed out that while efforts are consistently being made to train doctors to deliver an improved service within the public health system, other health workers are also being targeted.Complementing the training of doctors is the higher training of nurses,Wholesale Jerseys From China, technologists, pharmacists,Cheap NFL Jerseys, among other health workers, Dr. Rambarran noted. In fact, he disclosed that this is being realised through the Guyana Programme to Advance Cardiac Care (GPACC).The programme is one being done in collaboration with the experts out of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary in Canada.“The GPACC President, Professor Wayne Warnica, has always had his eyes on that comprehensiveness,Cheap Jeseys NFL,” stressed Dr. Rambarran as he spoke of measures currently being undertaken to advance nursing training into Bachelor’s programmes that will be affiliated with the University of Guyana.Recently the GPHC launched an Emergency Nursing Specialty Programme intended to ensure that the delivery of care offered by nurses is as effective as that offered by doctors at the institution.This move, Dr. Rambarran said, will be similar to the medical programmes that are ongoing, including the Residency Programme in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.But a challenge that has faced the public health sector is that of inadequate personnel.Dr. Rambarran explained that while there is always a recognised need for programmes, such as an intensive care unit dedicated to cardiology,NFL Jerseys Cheap, “the personnel resource has been a challenge…”Professor Wayne WarnicaJust recently, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) commissioned a cardiac intensive care unit. But Dr. Rambarran divulged that “we all know the establishment of infrastructure without appropriate personnel to manage them have been ridiculed as white elephants.”Moreover, he informed that the development of these programmes will not only allow the public health sector to build its local capacity,Wholesale Jerseys, but help to realise a gamut of partnerships with overseas institutions and experts, many of whom gave their support through the goodness of their hearts. These, according to him, have been integral to the success of the programmes that have been realised at little cost to the health sector.The laudable partnerships that have been forged have in fact gained international recognition. “We have a bunch of publications around the development of these programmes, which have been getting a lot of attention in the world literature about this kind of partnership. Before that we had the tourism kind of arrangement, whereby somebody went on leave and came (here) and did a couple of surgeries. There was no legacy, there was no commitment to staying with us for the long haul,Austin Hooper Falcons Jersey,” said Dr. Rambarran.Dr. Warnica recently stressed that commitment is an important aspect of a lasting partnership, even as he disclosed that the partnership with the Libin Institute is one such that is prepared to remain on board until its services are no longer required. He anticipates that as the partnership evolves there will be efforts to engage in research too.“We need to do research about the progress of disease; we need to do research to document where we started…We will be here until you tell us ‘we can do this on our own and we can relax’,” declared Dr. Warnica, as he disclosed that in addition to supporting programmes, the partnership has also allowed for the provision of equipment needful to improve the services at the GPHC. |
