Two government ministries have teamed up to push for minimum international standards for health care and infrastructure for institutions offering services to Guyana’s elderly population.
PAHO/WHO specialist Dr. Christina Alonzo yesterday outlined the global institutions’ guidelines at the opening of a two-day national consultation spearheaded by the Social Protection and Public Health Ministries at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street, according to a press release from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). Other participants include the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), The Palms Geriatric Home, Demerara Paradise and Mercy Home among others.
“In addition to minimum social standards, we want to establish minimum health standards to provide better health care in homes for the elderly,” the Co-ordinator of the Women’s and Elderly Health programme of the MoPH, Dr. Umadai Rattan was quoted as saying in the release.
