President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced that the ‘old’ West Demerara Regional Hospital in Vreed-en-Hoop will be transformed into an educational institution to offer programmes in the field of medicine including nursing and dentistry.
President Ali said the Minister of Education had been tasked with reviewing the data on how many students are applying to the University of Guyana to study medicine. He noted that a large number of people from Region Three are pursuing courses in the medical field.
The president said this is the reason why the old hospital will be converted into a training facility that will benefit persons interested in pursuing careers in the medical field.
The old hospital will be replaced by a new facility – to be named the West Demerara Regional Hospital – which, according to President Ali, will be a teaching hospital. Earlier this year, President Ali had turned the sod for the construction of the new facility.
Already, the PPP/C administration has been engaging private educational institutions on making their courses either free or more affordable.
PPP/C to engage private educational institutions to provide free/affordable courses
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