GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says it will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a University of West Indies (UWI) Medical school in Guyana.
President Irfaan Ali announcing plans for a new nursing school in GuyanaSpeaking at the sod-turning ceremony for a new state-of-the-art Lethem Regional Hospital on Sunday, President Irfaan Ali said that the aim is to ensure that the tuition fees for this institution in Guyana would be the same as in Trinidad.
The new hospital will be equipped with 75 in-patient beds, two fully functional operation rooms, a modern ER and procedure rooms, diagnostic imaging services, digital x-rays, portable x-rays, 1 CT machine and three ultrasound machine. It will also serve as a teaching hospital.
President Ali said that the government was in talks with UWI for the establishment of this school.
“The regional authorities have already said that there is a group of investors from the state of Roraima who want to invest in a medical school and medical facility in Region Nine,”Ali told the ceremony.
The State of Roraima is located in the North Region of Brazil and Guyana said the investments will not only boost the quality of healthcare, it will empower countless Guyanese with access to quality education in healthcare, equipping them with the necessary qualifications to propel the sector to massive heights.
He said that the government continues to invest in the vision of establishing new facilities to enable Guyanese to acquire global certification, noting that since in Region Nine, since 2020, several facilities have been established.
“This means that in 2020, the total number of patients the healthcare system saw in this region was 25,000. In the first half of 2024, the total number of patients that their healthcare system saw moved to 67,000. This is because healthcare now has become more accessible, affordable, friendly, efficient and reachable,” he added.
Level one facilities are typically primary healthcare centres that provide basic medical services and treatment for common ailments, while level two facilities offer more specialised care with level three providing the highest level of medical care.
