Numerous children among the patientsAmong the 556 patients that took advantage of the Guyana Watch team being in Port Mourant, Berbice yesterday, were some 192 children. The Guyana Watch medical team is continuing the outreach programme, which has been taking the visiting doctors to all corners of coastal Guyana, treating numerous persons for various types of ills and ailments.The Guyana Watch medical team has a dentist, two emergency room specialists, three paediatricians and eight family doctors. These specialists are supplemented by numerous local volunteers who are each contributing to the mission and work of Guyana Watch.The Guyana Watch team brought, and has been distributing over US $300,China Jerseys Free Shipping, 000 worth of medication.The most common ailments yesterday were cases of diabetes and high blood pressure. There were other common illnesses, among them skin rashes and mobile disorders. There were also 47 dental cases. From the cases seen yesterday,Cheap China Jerseys, an additional five patients will be requiring advanced surgery and will need to seek overseas assistance.The heart transplant patient from last year also came to the Port Mourant Primary School for a follow up. According to doctors, the patient has recovered well and has shown significant improvement.?Residents of Port Mourant and surrounding areas — some people coming from as far as New Amsterdam and Skeldon — took advantage of the presence of the medical team.While some of the cases were referred to physicians in Georgetown,Cheap Jerseys, most patients were presented with medication and consultation, free of cost.There is a public hospital in Port Mourant. Some of the patients explained that while they seek the services of that hospital, they have more faith and trust in the overseas doctors.Some of the patients explained that they had come to see the Guyana Watch Team for a second opinion. One such case was recounted by the mother of a young child,Cheap Jerseys, who has not been able to walk since birth.The toddler’s mother explained that she had taken the child to see various doctors in different parts of Berbice and Georgetown only to find that the child is still unable to walk.The Guyana Watch doctors dispensed supplements to the child and referred him to another doctor, who is apparently not in the country at the moment.The child’s mother explained that she felt very much enthused after the Guyana Watch doctor had seen her son, and noted that she would take her child to see the doctor to whom her son has been referred.Numerous people also took advantage of the free blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring tests which the outreach clinic provided. These tests were carried out by some of the Guyana Watch volunteers, as the specialists were busy tending to the other patients.Meanwhile,Cheap Jerseys From China, many of the Guyana Watch specialists have taken a liking to Guyana and are enthusiastic about returning next year, if they are invited back as part of the programme.At the same time,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, the residents of the Port Mourant and Berbice areas were pleased with the presence of the medical team and said that outreach programmes like Guyana Watch were good because without them many people living in the area would not have access to such good healthcare, at such a subsidised cost.

Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank, Marco Nicola, believes there is need for a reform of Guyana’s financial sector.In a recent interview with this newspaper, the official said that,NFL Jerseys China, as a result, the bank, in December, will be submitting a project to its board of directors aimed at reforming the local financial sector.This reform, Nicola said,Jerseys NFL China, will be aimed at altering the regulation so as to make the financial sector dynamic and responsive to people’s needs.He noted that the financial sector is sound but not very dynamic, because the cost of transactions for getting a loan and the spread between the deposit and lending rate is very high.In this regard, he reiterated the need for things to be done to make the sector more responsive to the people.“You need a loan, and you can’t access it because you don’t have your guarantees, because to get those guarantees is very expensive.”According to Nicola, not only banks should be viewed as the financial system, but also institutions that facilitate the working of the financial system.He noted that leasing in the financial sector is not something that exists locally, whereby someone can lease equipment and pay by installments.He pointed out that Guyana is a cash economy. “The system of payment is based on cash, when there are so many other instruments.“It is a matter of technology,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, I can hardly pay with my American credit card here…It’s a matter of credit information, it’s a matter of the bank taking responsibility for their clients.“We don’t have security,NFL Jerseys Cheap, and that is why we are a cash economy.”Nicola also said that, in many instances, business can be conducted differently, but Guyanese have a ‘cash culture.’“I think a good balance between good regulation,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping, risk management, and good bank supervision would be a good recipe for a more dynamic financial system,” Nicola contended.This newspaper understands that the reform programme will take the form of a Policy-Based Loan (PBL) to support the implementation of the recommendations of the 2006 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP).Preliminary areas would include strengthening of financial institutions’ supervision,Cheap Jerseys Online, improving small-scale access, and upgrading credit infrastructure.The estimated total cost is US$10M.