The Ministry of Public Health’s Disability and Rehabilitation Services on Tuesday bid farewell to long serving Rehabilitation Officer of the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre (PRRC) Hyacinth Massay.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, Massay joined its ranks in the early 1970s and started work at the PRRC, which was then known as the Polio Centre. She provided rehabilitative services to children who suffered residual paralysis following the 1960 to 1964 polio epidemics in Guyana.
During her time at the PRRC, it added, she was responsible for the administration of the facility, which had shifted its focus to providing rehab services for children with physical and developmental disabilities. She was also tasked with the further expansion of rehabilitation services beyond physiotherapy to include the disciplines of occupational therapy, speech therapy, and audiology and drug rehabilitation.
