Company Representatives from Design Revolution (DRev) Brilliance Phototherapy Units, Andrew and Laurie Skipper, are currently in Guyana conducting surveillance activities to determine the scope of future backing to the local health sector.
According to a release from the Ministry of Public Health, the Skippers toured the Paediatric and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the West Demerara Hospital. DRev’s phototherapy machines are used to treat jaundice in new-born babies.
For last week, the Region Three hospital treated seven babies born with jaundice, Dr Cindi Marks confirmed.
Babies born pre-maturely are most vulnerable to the ailment with signs including a yellowing of the eyes, skin, mouth and tongue or looking “extremely paly,” the release quoted Marks as explaining.
