Saturday June 01, 2013
Kaieteur News
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Local nurses benefited from overseas training
The nurses, the instructor, GPHC’s CEO and Mrs. Harakh GPHC’s CEO presenting the certificate to one of the participants Nineteen nurses countrywide benefited from a one-week training programme in Neonatal Resuscitation hosted by representatives from a Canadian charitable organization, Guyana Burn and Health Care (GB&HC). The training which was held at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation started last year. This was the first time the examination was done
online. Those who benefited are Charlene Sampson, Deborah Campbell, Abbilisia Stephens, Kim Dennis, Wilma Arthur, Annette Johnson, Jacqueline David, Aaromie Semple, Locrecia Inniss, Virginie Lord, Marva Fransia, Anesha Dutchin, Dawn Stuart, Yolanda Renville, Natoya Munroe, Shiann Bagot, Gaitnee Surujpaul and Shanti
Sukhra. The nurses, some of whom are midwives at various hospitals such as the West Demerara Regional Hospital, Linden Hospital Complex, Kwakwani Hospital, GPHC, New Amsterdam Hospital and Suddie Hospital were successful at the course and were presented with their certificates yesterday by GPHC’s Chief Executive; Michael Khan. The main aim of the program which will be an annual event is to educate the
Suspect in sawmill supervisor’s murder denies killing ‘rival’ - during phone conversations with reporters The prime suspect in the murder of sawmill supervisor, Kemraj Singh, is proclaiming his innocence, even as he continues to elude police who believe that he slashed and battered his alleged rival in a dispute over a teenage girl. Kaieteur News managed to contact the suspect on his mobile phone on Thursday and again yesterday. During brief conversations with two Kaieteur News reporters, the suspect, who confirmed his identity, stated that he “is innocent,” but also indicated his unwillingness to turn himself over to the police. The man claimed that he was staying at an East Bank Essequibo address. He initially agreed to meet with a reporter and give his side of the story but then changed his mind. Kaieteur News was told that police, acting on information, searched the East Bank Essequibo residence yesterday, but failed to locate the suspect. According to a police official, the man’s relatives have suggested that he was attending a wedding at Leguan, Essequibo, at the time his alleged rival was slain. However, police have reportedly received information that the suspect
Dead: Kemraj Singh was in Land-of-Canaan around the time that the murder is believed to have occurred. Meanwhile, a post mortem examination conducted yesterday revealed that 22-year-old Singh was struck at least five times in the head with a heavy object and his neck was slashed from right to left. Police believe that the sawmill employee was battered with a hammer, which was left at the scene. Singh’s mutilated body was found on Tuesday in a shack at his employer’s Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara sawmill. His throat had a gaping wound and it appeared that he had been struck repeatedly to the head. A bloody hammer was found
at the scene. Information provided to detectives has led them to believe that Singh was killed by a young man with whom he had a bitter dispute over a 17-year-old woman that both youths wanted to marry. Kaieteur News was told that the young woman had eloped with Singh and the two were planning to get married next Monday. Kaieteur News understands that Singh is from Airy Hall, Essequibo, but has been staying at his mother’s home on the East Bank of Demerara and at the shack located at the sawmill compound. This newspaper understands that the parents of the girl at the centre of the dispute had intended that she marry a young man from a wealthy family. However, the girl started a relationship with Singh. The two men reportedly almost came to blows some two months ago. Nevertheless, Singh and the young woman reportedly continued the relationship and the sawmill supervisor allegedly took his girlfriend from her parent’s home a few days ago, with the intention of marrying her next Monday. After the teen left her Land of Canaan home, her parents reluctantly accepted her decision to be with Singh.
nurses on basic resuscitation skills for newly born infants. Vernie Ally, a Canadian instructor told Kaieteur News that the programme is for nurses, doctors, therapists and anyone who has access to resuscitate a baby. She said this year the programme was a “success” and all the participants did “great” although there were a few nurses who were not familiar with computers. They had to use the computer to do their exams. Pamela Harakh, Vice President for the GB&HC said that the programme was overwhelming. She explained that the next step of this program will be to teach this year ’s participants to be instructors so they
themselves will be able to teach others and eventually, there will not be a need for an overseas instructor. Mrs. Harakh explained that her organization has been in existence for 15 years and started helping the GPHC in 2002 by opening a Burn Care Unit. She stressed that when she visited the hospital 11 years back, the facility did not have wards for the burn patients. “I remember seeing a room with the label “Burn Care” and when we opened it, there were furniture and other items and when we enquired, we were told that the burn patients are being placed in the wards with other patients so, since then we decided to help,” the Vice President of the NGO added. Meanwhile, the
nurses thanked the NGO for hosting the event. Kim Dennis from Kwakwani Hospital said “This program is very beneficial to me because our hospital doesn’t have a Neonatal Unit but a maternity ward where we do all our resuscitation.” “At the Suddie Hospital, the midwives have to do everything, only if there is an emergency then the pediatrician would come. With the program I did, I will know what to do until the pediatrician comes,” Locrecia Inniss noted. The GPHC’s CEO told the nurses that his hospital will be offering a crash- course in computer skills in November and nurses from various hospitals across Guyana will be invited.
MACORP working with miners to improve efficiency of excavators
MACORP’s CEO, Jorge Medina (left) and GGDMA President, Patrick Harding, during the engagements. Amid concerns raised regarding the effect that the recent slide in gold prices would have on Guyana’s economy, MACORP and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) are aiming to improve the management of
the equipment being used in the gold industry. During a meeting of the two entities, discussions were led on measures to be taken in order to reduce operating costs for all Caterpillar equipment used in the industry. Commitments
were also made towards enhancing skills training with focus on equipment and maintenance operation. MACORP also facilitated a tour of its new practice ground which provides training on excavator operation.