With the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases rising in Region Four, the Ministry of Health is moving ahead with plans to isolate patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms at the recently commissioned $1.6 billion Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal.
During an interview with Stabroek News yesterday, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony disclosed that the Ministry in collaboration with the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is working to put 55 beds in a section of the facility to accommodate patients experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19.
In a previous report, Anthony had stated that the hospital is a “shell” and major work needs to be done at the hospital and in the health sector to better Guyana’s response to COVID-19.
