Courts Guyana yesterday donated a bus to support the efforts of the Ministry of Public Health’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Team.
Deputy Director of Health Emergency Operations Dr. Leston Payne, who received the donation on behalf of the ministry, said that it will aid in their efforts to contain and minimise the spread of the deadly virus.
He confirmed that the ministry’s intention is to use the donation to boost the response time of the “Rapid Response Team,” which he said is responsible for the transporting of individuals who need to be tested.
Giving an outline of how the team works, Dr. Payne said when an individual makes a call to the ministry’s COVID-19 hotline, if the call is deemed a priority for medical support, the “Rapid Response Team” is then sent to transport that individual to an institution where they can be tested.
He also said the plan is to use the bus to get to persons in and around Georgetown, since the ministry is currently working on having
other areas equipped in a similar way.
However, if a situation arises where help is needed from an out of town area, provision will be made to offer help.
As he expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the much needed and timely donation received, Dr. Payne also took the opportunity to call on other agencies to feel free to make contact and offer support. He once more expressed his appreciation to Unicomer Guyana for the initiative taken.
Clyde De Haas, Managing director of Unicomer Guyana, told the press that the initiative was taken to support the fight against COVID. He said he believed that the Ministry of Public Health was in need of all the help it can get in order to keep the disease under control, and he hoped the donation would help in some way.
