Guyana has performed its first ever emergency heart procedure and doctors are now urging citizens to make full use of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) which is strategically located in the Georgetown Public Hospital Compound.The patient, 55-year-old Azam Pasha Mohamed,Cheap Jerseys From China, was rushed to CHI Thursday after his condition worsened while he was a patient at the Diamond Diagnostic Center, East Bank Demerara.A smiling Mohamed, who is expected to be discharged shortly, said yesterday that his pains are almost gone but that there is some slight discomfort.Mohamed, who is also Chairman of the Uitvlugt/Tuschen Neighbourhood Democratic Council, was taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre last Sunday after he suffered a heart attack. He was admitted.Pasha Mohamed refused to say how much money he spent to build a bridge at Meten-Meer-Zorg using material supplied by the Regional Administration.Internal Medicine and Internal Care Specialist, Dr Ghansham Singh,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, and Interventional Cardiologist, Dr Pratik Soni, both new additions to CHI, together ensured that Mohamed’s condition remained stable.Speaking to this newspaper yesterday, Singh explained that the level of Mohamed’s condition could have led to serious complications if the emergency procedure was not performed.Apart from the two cardiology specialists in the operating room on Thursday,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, were a technician and three nurses.The patient, tests found, had two of his arteries severely blocked and the invasive procedure included two stents being inserted in his arteries.According to the doctor, proper interventions in serious cases of heart conditions need to be done within 90 minutes. Tests that include coronary angio-gram which checks for blockages of the vessels to the heart have to be done. In cases where four arteries are blocked, then a bypass is necessary.However, Mohamed’s case revealed that two arteries were 80 percent blocked.“The amazing thing is that the procedure was done yesterday (Thursday) between 12:00 and 4:00pm (16:00 hrs). The man is fine. There was some pain overnight, but he is feeling fine. He can climb stairs and exercise normally.”What is significant about the procedure, Dr. Singh stressed yesterday, is the fact that Cardiac Surgeon and Chief Executive Officer of CHI, Dr. Gary Stephens,Julius Nattinen, was not around.“Dr. Stephens do what we call the coronary by-pass surgery. Is there a need for Dr. Stephens? Of course, he will still have to do some cases of coronary by-pass.”The doctor noted that some medical institutions in Guyana may need to admit that CHI has capabilities and refer patients to CHI since lives can be saved.“Things can go seamlessly without hitches. One does not need to go to Trinidad or the US for heart problems. You just might not make it. Our nurses are well trained.”The doctor also lauded the role of the Ministry of Health in co-operating to ensure that the process went smoothly. According to Minister within the Health Ministry, Dr Bheri Ramsarran, the addition of the emergency feature represents an upward move in the local health sector.Meanwhile, according to a relaxed and alert Mohamed, he first started feel unwell last Sunday while he was sitting in a meeting.“I thought it was wind. I went and drink some water but the feeling did not improve.” Mohamed was taken home and then later rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.He expressed his gratitude to CHI and to the Ministry of Health for the speedy response.CHI was established in 2007 and has ever since been introducing new cardiac related operations.It was at the beginning of this month that CHI’s CEO, Dr Stephens,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, had introduced doctors Soni and Singh who he had noted would aid the cardiac facility’s ability to offer an immediate response to cardiac emergencies around the clock.

President Donald Ramotar, has made a public announcement that Government has taken into consideration, anew, the “Del Conte” road project.President Donald RamotarThe project,China NBA Jerseys, which was initiated approximately 50 years ago, during the pre independence era,Steve Bartkowski Falcons Jersey, under the PPP administration and the leadership of Dr. Cheddi Jagan as Premier, met with much criticism after it was abandoned, with minimal work completed.During the 1960s, the administrations had made significant investments into the project which was named after a Venezuelan company that acquired the contract. The proposed road was to be constructed along the eastern bank of the Essequibo River linking Parika with Makouria,NFL Jerseys Outlet, another community on the mainland some 45 miles up the Essequibo River.Last Saturday, President Ramotar during his Independence Day address, said that Government is “keenly examining,” the prospects of reopening the Del Conte trail via road link between Parika and communities to Bartica, which is known as a gateway into the mining regions.The Head of State also saw the road project as one that would make way for agricultural possibilities. Thousands of acres of new lands will be opened to cultivation.“Farmers would increase food production and secure greater economic opportunities,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale,” Ramotar said as he noted that the trail would provide a much needed road link to areas, in earlier times,NFL Jerseys China, only accessible by river.”The President said the Del Conte trail is one of two possible “new agricultural frontiers” that Government was examining. The other is the Santa Fe rice and soya bean project in the Rupununi being run by the Barbadian family.

Guyana must be on the road to eliminating HIV by 2020 – says Health MinisterMinister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday declared that in the next ten years Guyana would be well on the road towards eliminating HIV.His comments came as the country became the first in the world to have national principles, standards and guidelines for the prevention of HIV,cheap jerseys, all in one national document.Guyana has the second highest level of HIV in the Caribbean and Latin America. The prevention document was launched at Hotel Tower in Georgetown.Mr. Michel Sidib? the UNAIDS Executive Director said, “Guyana must be proud of this achievement as it continues to build on the advances it has made in reducing the spread of HIV, as is witnessed by reduced infections through mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and by caring for those infected with the virus.”Dr. Ruben del Prado, Country Coordinator of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Guyana, noted that “nowhere else in the world,” to his knowledge, “there exists such a comprehensive set of HIV prevention principles, standards and guidelines that are homegrown and tailored specifically to a country’s vision, ambitions and needs. These are expected to be used to guide all prevention efforts in Guyana, at both the Governmental and non-governmental levels.”The launching of the document is expected to be the first step in reorienting stakeholders towards a more defined national approach to HIV prevention, with the objective of reducing, even further, the spread of HIV. The Ministry of Health will now facilitate a series of national “hands-on” trainings in the use of the document, as part of its national ‘roll-out’ and implementation strategy.For the Ministry of Health in Guyana, during this and the next decade, the goal is early attainment of Universal Access for Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support.“By 2020,http://www.theworldsoccersshop.com/Brazil-Felipe-Anderson-Jersey.html, Guyana must be well on the road towards eliminating HIV as a major public health problem,” says Minister Ramsammy, who also envisages “a Guyana where Guyanese do not suffer stigma and discrimination, or even worse, criminalisation,Wholesale China Jerseys, because of HIV status, sexual orientation, religion or gender.”According to Minister Ramsammy, “high quality HIV prevention standards are necessary for building a national HIV prevention infrastructure. The standards that we have developed in Guyana were formulated based on expertise and opinions of a wide range of selected professionals in and outside Guyana, as well as drawing on the views and experience of users. The development of these National HIV Prevention Principles, Standards and Guidelines has been an exciting collaboration between my Ministry and UNAIDS.”Dr Ramsammy stated that prevention strategies must become more robust and investment in HIV prevention must be consistent with a goal towards eliminating new HIV transmission. “This is an ambitious goal, but we have demonstrated we can change the trajectory of the HIV epidemic.“We must now pursue a trajectory of elimination of new HIV infections in Guyana. The paradigm must shift. We are so used to talk of the trajectory of reduction. It is time we embrace the trajectory of elimination.”According to Dr del Prado, these National HIV Prevention Principles, Standards and Guidelines that present HIV prevention as an ‘outcome’ – will reverberate far beyond the boundaries of Guyana,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and could well be one of the most important ways forward for countries that wish to intensify their HIV prevention activities towards delivering high-quality prevention outcomes.“All that has been incorporated in these 34 pages is the result of over two years of intensive labour, under the leadership of the Ministry of Health National AIDS Programme Secretariat, on content, form and presentation that has been well thought-through by many, nationally, and with expert feedback, internationally.” He added that “with the global ‘Prevention Revolution’ announced by UNAIDS, and the entire world now seeking revitalised and endearing guidance on how to move HIV prevention to the next level – Guyana has captured and encapsulated the essence on the way forward in one single, national-level document.”“Guyana must,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, therefore proudly present this to the world during the XVIIIth International AIDS Conference, in July 2010, in Vienna.”

Recovering addicts at the Infinity Ralph Turpin’s Transitional HouseThe condition of the building although addicts pay $50,Cheap Jerseys Paypal,000 per monthon Agriculture Road, East Coast Demerara, are experiencing extremely hard times since the murder of the facility’s founder,Cheap NFL Jerseys 2018, Ralph Turpin.Turpin was shot dead on September 15, 2011 during a confrontation outside the Stabroek Market Square.Since then,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, inmates at the facility have reportedly been on the brink of starvation and are experiencing other hardships that could lead them back to a life on the streets.The six inmates had gone to the facility with hopes of rehabilitating themselves after years of drug and alcohol abuse.Most of them are deportees from the United States.Richard Mahase who has been at the halfway house since November last claims that the new care-taker of the facility has neglected them for several months.Several persons said they have been out of food despite paying the monthly $50,000 fee.Numerous efforts by Kaieteur News to reach the new care-taker by phone proved futile.Mahase told this publication that he has been an addict to cocaine for 15 years. He, however, went to the institute with hopes of reforming.“Since November I came here, I don’t get nothing to do. This place don’t have any grocery… nothing. You go in the kitchen and take a look, you will see everything empty. Up to this morning I had to borrow sugar from the neighbour,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,”He claimed that the facility has numerous rules but “the rule don’t make sense”.When Kaieteur News visited the half-way house, only two inmates were at the premises.According to Mahase, many of them are leaving since there is no food at the facility.“One of them leave this morning to go in the interior because we are not doing anything here and there is never food.”Another inmate, Leon Chang who is suffering from mild stroke,Cheap Adidas Hockey Jerseys, said that he had been living in New York for 28 years but his mother sent him back to Guyana since he was an alcoholic. Chang has been living at the facility since November last; His mother has beenAn empty kitchen at the centre.paying a monthly fee to the institute for his stay. The man claimed also that they were all being neglected.Mahase said that someone was supposed to be at the facility for 24 hours “but no one has been overlooking us. They just come and go.”“Last week the caretaker came to collect my fee and she left and say she going and buy grocery but we didn’t see her back. The next day we see a bag outside with pint oil, half gallon rice and some other thing.” Mahase told this publication.He also added that Chang needs daily therapy for “stroke” but nothing of that sort is happening.This publication understands that everyone at the facility is required to wash their own clothes.“I have been washing Chang clothes because he can’t wash due to the stroke.”“I heard when Turpin was here everything was up-to-date. But now everything is falling apart. We heard the facility is closing down but when we asked the councilor,NFL Jerseys Cheap, he say that’s not true.The councilor does come when he feels like, we don’t have anything to do and anything to eat, we are left on our own,” another addict said.Mahase told this publication that a rehab centre teaches an addict how to manage his life but no such teaching is being done at the Infinity Transitional Center.The man alleged that the inmates had nothing to eat on Christmas Day.He said that he was so stressed out that he went and “smoke about three times.”Neighbours also supported the statement made by the men.The rehabilitation centre caters for addicts of all types.Kaieteur news understands that after an inmate has been there for six months, the councilor would decide whether that inmate is fit to return to the “working world.”