Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, defended the operations at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) during a fiery debate in the National Assembly Thursday afternoon.According to Dr. Ramsammy,Jean-Sebastien Giguere, the hospital has been significantly transformed into a state-of-the-art facility,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, as it now conducts surgeries that were once accessed overseas.But the Minister’s attempt to inform the House that overseas surgeries can now be done in Guyana was met with much heckling from the Opposition, who pointed out that there is a charge attached to the services.This is what sent the Health Minister into a rage.“The Georgetown Public Hospital, which you yourself were ashamed about… today we can stand proud that the hospital is serving our people and serving them very well.“This country has proudly confronted its shame and disgrace, and is beginning to achieve good results, improving the lives of our people and attaining the same level of development like our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean,” Minister Ramsammy said.He explained that last year the government invested $78 million in the health sector by providing medical assistance to Guyanese who needed care that is not routinely available at the public or the private hospitals, and who had to seek overseas attention.Approximately 292 persons requested assistance from the Ministry of Health last year, and out of that 75 percent of them obtained their service right here in Guyana.Dr. Ramsammy added that,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, although there is a charge attached to the services, assistance from the Ministry is still provided to patients who need it.Commenting on the testing and screening of blood in Guyana,NFL Youth Jerseys, Minister Ramsammy explained that private hospitals would not be able to collect blood unless their laboratories reach the service level of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS).The NBTS recently introduced Chagas testing as part of the blood-screening exercise.Currently five persons have been found with the disease in Guyana and, according to Minister Ramsammy, this is another reason why the Health Facilities Licensing Act was brought into place, so that private hospitals can be held accountable for the health of the people.Chagas is a tropical parasitic disease that is commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking assassin bugs.The disease may also be spread through blood transfusion and organ transplantation, ingestion of food contaminated with parasites, and from a mother to her foetus.As it relates to the dengue situation in Guyana,Cheap Authentic NFL Jerseys, Minister Ramsammy said that so far for the year a whopping 145 cases have been recorded, most in the areas of Georgetown and Lethem.He once again urged for the issue of garbage to be resolved so as to reduce the breeding of mosquitoes. In this regard, he called for plastic bags and bottles to be banned in Guyana. These account for the majority of garbage in the country, he said.