President Irfaan Ali on Friday played up the prospects of the University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Medicine partnering with Guyana to train doctors at the training institute which is being built in New Amsterdam.
Last month, President Ali turned the sod for a new US$161 million New Amsterdam Hospital located a stone’s throw away from the present New Amsterdam Hospital. Ali had said that the new four-storey hospital will mark a significant step towards establishing a Level Five health facility in Region Six, highlighting that the hospital will not be a standalone facility but will operate on a hub-and-spokes mechanism, connecting health centres in the region through telemedicine.
Two additional buildings will be constructed within the hospital’s compound: a teaching facility and a modern psychiatric facility.
