New Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton says he plans focus on reducing the maternal mortality rate, the suicide rate and ensuring much needed training for staff in the health care sector as well as the availability of medical supplies.
“Our health system is in crisis,” Norton told Stabroek News in an interview on Thursday at his Brickdam office. “It’s going to take a very, very great effort on the part of the new government to correct that situation,” he added.
The former Ministry of Heath has been renamed the Ministry of Public Health under the new APNU+AFC government and Norton
