After being faced with a shortage of basic drugs for sometime, the Mahaicony Hospital received a US$2M emergency shipment from the Guyana Medical Relief (GMR).
Sharir Chan, Chief Operating Officer of the GMR, handed over a large quantity of the supplies, including antibiotics and drugs for hypertension and diabetes, to the hospital last week. Chan told Stabroek News that the drugs were “shared by other institutions as well” and mentioned that the New Amsterdam Hospital sent a truck to uplift its portion.
He said while GMR “regularly ships medicines, [medical] supplies and equipment to the various participating hospitals in Guyana, this shipment
