Minister within the Ministry of Public Health Dr Karen Cummings is advocating embracing the use of technology in the public health sector as a means of improving services.
According to a GINA press release, the minister said that apart from establishing effective tele-medicine in regional health services, there is a need for the creation and inter-linking of computerised database systems.
She spoke to GINA about the necessity of having good communication systems among medical personnel working in the vast hinterland of Guyana. She was quoted as saying, “You want to ensure that they have good communication system, cell phones and so forth, in case
