Regional disaster plan on show at Bartica

Participants and Facilitators with Dr Edward Sagala (fourth from left in front row), Regional Health Officer, Region 7 at the Bartica Regional Hospital.

Guyana’s Regional disaster preparedness plan was on display in Bartica (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) this week during a co-operative venture sponsored by the Public Health Ministry, PAHO/WHO and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), a release from the ministry said.

Facilitating and Coordinating Team. From left- Devaughn Lewis, First Aid Coordinator, Red Cross; Abbigail Liverpool, Principal Environmental Health Officer/ Health Disaster Coordinator, MoPH; Dhaneshwar Deonarine, Consultant- Disaster Preparedness and Response and Smart Hospitals Initiative at PAHO and Major Sean Welcome, Preparedness and Response Manager, Civil Defence Commission.
Health Workers and fire-fighters respond to a ‘staged’ health emergency in Bartica.

The four-day simulation exercise was geared to test the Regional Multi- Hazard Preparedness and Response Plan (RMPRPP) which outlines their capacity to manage any disaster in the municipality.

Participants and Facilitators with Dr Edward Sagala (fourth from left in front row), Regional Health Officer, Region 7 at the Bartica Regional Hospital.