Guyana becoming kidney transplant hub

Guyana is now seen as a hub for medical tourism in the area of kidney transplant since it is the only Caribbean country that offers renal transplant surgery, Administrator of Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital, Dr Madhu Singh said yesterday.

Singh made this declaration at a press conference held at the hospital to mark the completion of 15 renal transplant surgeries that were done by a team of doctors and nurses from overseas since 2008.
Singh said that patients from Antigua and the British Virgin Islands have travelled