Controversial ‘medical school’ failed to meet registration standards

Although the Guyana Health Care Education Institute “failed abysmally” to meet the standards for registration, the National Accreditation Council’s failure to follow the proper procedure resulted in the overturning of the decision not to renew the registration.

This disclosure was made by the Education Ministry yesterday in an exchange with attorney Nigel Hughes about its involvement with the institution, which has been accused by students of scamming them.

In the face of protests by students, the Ministry on Wednesday had disclosed that the National Accreditation Council had denied registration of the Guyana Health Care Education Institute, which is also known as the School of Nursing and the American Health Institute, but principal Nanda Kissoon challenged the decision with the help of Hughes. Saying that it had sounded repeated warnings about Kissoon and her operations, the Ministry said it was perplexed why