Patients using extended hours at Campbellville clinic

Dr Kampta Prashad

In an effort to ease the congestion of persons seeking health services at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the Campbellville Health Centre has extended its working hours on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The closing hours on Tuesdays have now been changed from 16:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs, while on Saturdays the centre will open from 08:00hrs to 12:00hrs.

Dr Kampta Prashad, who has been at the centre for the past year, said that there were two main reasons for the hospital implementing such a project. He said the hospital management had noticed that a lot of persons were going to GPH for trivial things that can be treated at the primary level. The other reason was to help out those