THE Ministry of Health has made a giant leap forward in the area of Emergency Medical Response, with the graduation of its first ever batch of 22 Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) on Tuesday, following two and a half weeks of training at the Project Dawn Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
At the Graduation ceremony for the Emergency Medical Technicians, seated from left are CEO Georgetown Public Hospital, Mr. Michael Khan; Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran; Chief Instructor, Mr. Shannon Langston and Manager, Training and Development, Mr. Soogrim Singh.
At the Graduation ceremony for the Emergency Medical Technicians, seated from left are CEO Georgetown Public Hospital, Mr. Michael Khan; Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran; Chief Instructor, Mr. Shannon Langston and Manager, Training and Development, Mr. Soogrim Singh.
The programme was offered by the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Vanderbilt Medical Centre, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and among the resource persons were Chief Instructor, Shannon Langston from Vanderbilt and local Programme Director, Dr. Zulfikar Bux.
Among the key functionaries were Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Mr. Michael Khan, Programme Director, Dr. Zulfikar Bux; Chief Instructor, Dr. Shannon Langston and Manager, Training and Development, Mr. Soogrim Singh, Dr. Sheik Amir and others.
In brief remarks to the gathering, Mr. Michael Khan noted that the occasion was historic, since it was the first batch of persons receiving EMT training locally, and they will soon be able to put their skills to use, in rendering pre-hospital care. They are the first line for health care in any emergency medical system.
