The British High Commission yesterday donated 50 assessment kits, comprising supplies and equipment for physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, to the Ministry of Health’s Rehabilitation Division.
The assessment kits are to be used by rehabilitation assistants to assess and treat children and adults with disabilities at the 20 rehabilitation centres countrywide. Usage and emphasis will be placed on remote areas, such as regions 1, 7, 8 and 9, due to the inaccessibility of persons there to these facilities.
The Ministry of Health estimates that in Guyana today, there are 7,000 children living with disabilities and there is a significant under-referral of people with disabilities to services in Guyana, especially in
