Caribbean Medical Mission conducts outreaches at GPHC and in Berbice

A few of the doctors from the Caribbean Medical Mission, along with a local doctor. From left: Dr Kevin Clarke, Dr Latoya Gooding, Dr Trevor Dixon, Dr Matoya Cort and Dr Trevor Layne.

More than a dozen healthcare professionals attached to the Caribbean Medical Mission (CMM) travelled to Guyana last week Saturday to conduct a week of medical outreach.

CMM was founded in 1996 by six physicians and three nurses, with the aim of treating underprivileged people in the Caribbean. They have been travelling to Guyana for at least a decade. Dr James Cort heads the team that comes to Guyana.

The volunteers, who originated from the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the East Orange General Hospital, specialize in a number of