– medical watch doctor Dr. Saruabh Mehta, a Pharmacist attached to the Guyana Watch team has said the government needs to pay closer attention to the elderly population in Guyana in an effort to treat their long term chronic diseases.In a comment to Kaieteur News yesterday during their medical outreach in Meten-Meer-Zorg,
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Scarpe Adidas Superstar Outlet, fungus infection and antibiotics. A patient prepares to be examinedPediatric Cardiologist, Dr. Jaienda Sharma told this newspaper that children who were born with heart problems need to be treated by the time they reach the age of five.These are cases, he said that the Guyana Watch Team is trying to identify.Thus far, approximately 25 cases have been found. He said that the patients are firstly assessed and if a patient is found with a complicated heart situation, they are then transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.In Patentia, West Bank Demerara on Saturday, the team saw a total of 454 patients, which included 286 adults and 168 children.The campaign is a free medical clinic put on by Guyana Watch,
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