Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, today tabled two agreements in the National Assembly to cater for the construction of modern health care facilities across five regions.
The first Export Finance Agreement (No. CIE/BC-DL/Guyana/0020014380) dated June 14, 2022 is between Guyana and the United Kingdom Export Finance for € 161,016,949. This project allows for the financing, design and construction of a state-of-the-art Paediatric and Maternal Hospital at Ogle as well as the delivery of medical equipment to the institution.
The second is a Deferred Payment Agreement (Lot One (1) to Lot Six (6) dated July 12, 2022 between Guyana and the China CAMC Engineering Company Limited totalling €136,132,800 for the financing of Government’s Regional Hospitals Project. Under the Regional Hospitals Project, six Hospitals will be constructed in five regions. There will be one in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam); one at De Kinderen, Region Three (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara); one at Diamond and another at Enmore, in Region Four (Demerara/Mahaica); one in Bath, Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice) and one in Number 75 Village, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne). Each modern hospital is slated to be equipped with 75 beds.
Meanwhile, the Paediatric and Maternal Hospital at Ogle will be equipped with 256 beds.
In keeping with its commitment to modernize the healthcare system in the country, President Irfaan Ali had announced earlier this month that a national healthcare initiative would commence in collaboration with the Mount Sinai Health System, an internationally recognized healthcare provider and Hess Corporation to improve access to and the quality of healthcare for Guyanese.
The initiative allows the Mount Sinai/Hess Corporation partnership to work with the Government of Guyana to assist and advise Government how to develop and implement a high-quality primary health care system including specialized services in cardiology and oncology, to bring about significant improvement at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
