The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) says that a total of 340 cancer patient were admitted to the hospital’s oncology department between the periods 2016 – 2020. For the same period there were 42 deaths associated with the disease, this is according to data provided to Stabroek News by GPHC’s Public Relations Department.
According to the data provided, the admissions by year are as follows – 2016 – 89 admissions and 9 deaths; 2017 – 93 admissions (9 deaths); 2018 – 58 admissions (9 deaths); 2019 – 67 admissions (7 deaths) and 2020 – 33 admissions (8 deaths). Dr. Marissa Dazzle, an oncologist attached at the hospital’s oncology department, said that the data does not reflect persons who are currently being treated with the different treatments offered at the hospital, nor does it reflect recoveries. She has however noted that since the mid 2000’s the hospital has evolved in its service to ensure that patients are getting treated.
