Patients across Region Two and neighbouring communities will soon receive medicines and medical supplies quicker following the commissioning of a new Ministry of Health Drug Bond at Onderneeming, Region Two yesterday.
President Irfaan Ali said the facility represents a major step in the government’s drive to decentralise healthcare services and modernise the pharmaceutical supply chain, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.
The new facility will serve hospitals and other health facilities throughout Region Two, including communities in the Pomeroon River, while also supporting sections of Region One.
The head of state said that the drug bond forms part of a wider transformation of Guyana’s healthcare logistics network.
The government is developing a fully digitised inventory management system powered by artificial intelligence, allowing health officials to monitor medicine stocks in real time, predict shortages, reduce waste and prevent drugs from expiring in storage, DPI added.
The president said that the new drug bond complements the government’s wider investments in healthcare across Region Two, including mammography services, CT scanning, eye care laboratory voucher programmes, and the imminent commissioning of dialysis services at the Suddie Public Hospital.
He said that more than 435 mammograms, over 500 CT scans, and 800 X-rays have already been completed in the region.
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