Bartica Hospital could be made into regional facility – Minister

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton (right), accompanied by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shamdeo Persaud and staff of the Bartica Hospital visiting a patient of the facility. (GINA photo)

The APNU+AFC government is examining making the Bartica Hospital into a regional facility, Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton says.

“We have got to concentrate on the surgical aspect of the hospital…there is an operating theatre but that does not mean anything if we do not have a surgeon here or surgical cases being done on a regular basis, whether it is cold cases or emergency cases,” he was quoted as saying by the