GPHC to improve care to premature babies with neonatal unit upgrade

First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar as she took a look around the unit and conversed with nurses.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has been refurbished with the aid of a Canada-based charitable organisation to enhance the care for premature babies.

Dr Narendra Singh, head of ‘Guyana Help the Kids,’ noted that the acquisition of new equipment, which cost in excess of Cdn$100,000, moves the Georgetown Hospital NICU to a grade three status and means more can now be done to help premature babies. “Today is a historic day, because this is defined as a level three neonatal intensive care unit. By that, I mean what we can do now what we’ve never been