Cataract surgeries are to be carried out at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital (NAPH) from January, 2019.
This was confirmed on Tuesday by Director of Health Services, Region Six, Jevaughn Stephens, who also told Stabroek News, that presently, supplies are being procured so as to facilitate the commencement of cataract surgeries at the hospital.
The director was quoted as saying, “The Regional Health Services would have made a decision to bring some ophthalmology services back to the New Amsterdam Hospital, we still have one doctor in a department there along with two nurses, so we decided that with the current situation at Port Mourant some supplies and basic equipment is given to the doctor at New Amsterdam to assist in doing cataract surgeries”.
