Canada-based charity funds neonatal ICU at Linden hospital

Dr Narendra Singh

A state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was yesterday opened at the Linden Hospital Complex with the aid of a Canada-based charitable organisation, Guyana Help the Kids Foundation.

President of the foundation, Dr Narendra Singh, speaking at the simple but significant ceremony, said this was just a small piece of the bigger picture. “Our plan is to expand the neonatal programme throughout the country because we feel that if we were to do that we could make a significant impact on the neonatal mortality rate in the country,