The president of Guyana has announced that the country will soon be signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of the West Indies (UWI) to establish a University of West Indies Medical school in Guyana.
The announcement came on Sunday at a groundbreaking ceremony being held for a new state-of-the-art Lethem Regional Hospital.
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 machines and will also serve as a teaching hospital.
President Ali said, “Let us do it. Let us build in this region, with the support of UWI and University of Guyana, a medical school that can service the State of Roraima, this region and all of Guyana so that we can produce global medical practitioners from right here in this region.”
The State of Roraima, which is located in the North Region of Brazil and Guyana, said the investments will not only boost the quality of healthcare, but will also empower countless Guyanese with access to quality education in healthcare, equipping them with the necessary qualifications to propel the sector to massive heights.
