Work on new Medical Campus at New Amsterdam underway

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and the University of the West Indies (UWI) to establish a medical campus in New Amsterdam, Region Six, was signed in January. This is a major venture that will help transform healthcare and medical education in Guyana.

The announcement was made by Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, during the recent commissioning of a new CT scan machine at the current New Amsterdam Hospital. The News Room understands that the MoU was inked in January.

Dr. Anthony revealed that the existing New Amsterdam Hospital will be converted into the UWI Medical Campus, while a new 220-bed modern hospital will be constructed nearby and serve as a teaching hospital.

“Once we move this hospital to the new one that we will be building, this whole campus here the intention is to convert this into a campus for the University of the West Indies where we will be having a medical school here in New Amsterdam and the new hospital would serve as the teaching site.

“We have already signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of the West Indies to allow for this to happen so once we build that we move across,” Dr. Anthony revealed.

Doctors to pharmacists will be trained once the campus is fully established.

Meanwhile, the modern nursing school also under construction in New Amsterdam will be capable of accommodating 1,000 students at any given time. The health minister said it will include state-of-the-art lecture and simulation rooms.

The new NA Hospital will be equipped with cutting-edge technology including MRI machines and a Catheterisation Lab (Cath Lab), significantly enhancing diagnostic and treatment capabilities in the region.