Japan support credited for fewer newborn deaths at GPH

Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran has credited Japan’s support for helping to reduce the number of newborn deaths at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Speaking yesterday at a closing ceremony for a Japanese project to procure paediatric equipment for the hospital, Ramsaran stated that “good things” were happening in the institution’s paediatric department and the ministry had managed to reduce the neonatal mortality rate because of the procurement of modern equipment by Japan. He said maternal mortality