Improved drug standards closer with training of analyst dep’t staff

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(L to R) Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud, PAHO/WHO Resident Representative Adrianus Vlugman, Argentine Ambassador Luis Martion, Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran, Argentine Medical Expert Lucila Guiterrez and Director of the Food & Drugs Department Marlan Cole. In background are six of the eight GAFDD staff members with their certificates.
(L to R) Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud, PAHO/WHO Resident Representative Adrianus Vlugman, Argentine Ambassador Luis Martion, Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran, Argentine Medical Expert Lucila Guiterrez and Director of the Food & Drugs Department Marlan Cole. In background are six of the eight GAFDD staff members with their certificates.

Guyanese will soon be the beneficiaries of improved drug standards and safer, more effective prescription drugs through the training of staff of the Government Analyst Food & Drug Department (GAFDD).

This is according to Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran, who at a cocktail reception held last evening at Cara Lodge, expressed the hope that there would be improved drug testing in Guyana.

The reception was held in honour of the eight GAFDD staff members who completed the