Medical Supply Shipment Partnership with Direct Relief

Since 1984, in partnership with a non-profit entitled Direct Relief (DR) of Santa Barbara, California has aided in this endeavor. Each hospital provides a list of needs which is sent to Direct Relief so that only needed medical supplies and equipment from various companies and health organizations are packaged and shipped.  Our representative in Guyana assists in the receipt and distribution of all shipments.   To date millions of US dollars of equipment and supplies have been provided to Guyana with the help of this devoted partner. This partnership has grown from the support of  2 (in 1984) to 8 hospitals and including satellite health facilities and clinics. This decades-long partnership has helped us do so much good in Guyana.  Upon receipt of goods, communication between the Committee Members in Los Angeles and Hospitals in Guyana and DR verify the delivery.

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TOMS

Beginning in 2011, we have partnered with TOMS Shoes allowing us to supply Guyana’s children with footwear for Grades 1 to 12. This is an annual contribution and we hope to cover all the Regions of Guyana on a continuous basis.

VIA Clinic

We have funded 4 clinics at Bartica, Mahaicony and Charity hospitals. Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) of the cervix has proven to be a relatively inexpensive and successful method of identifying cervical abnormalities associated with cancer. The main purpose is early detection and treatment to prevent the onset of cervical cancer. The VIA clinic was an obvious need as cervical cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide, a range Guyana falls within. The positive rate of the VIA test is approximately 12.5%, which demonstrates the need for these clinics. To date we have built 3  VIA clinics, in Mahaicony, Bartica and Charity. (NEED TO ADD CURRENT SITE INFO TO THE LEARN MORE BUTTON)

DESKAN INSTITUTE & TRAINING Inc.

…is a non-profit organization based in Stone Mountain, Georgia led by a Guyanese, Dr. Joan Liverpool. She has been leading volunteer-supported medical and educational missions to Guyana for over a decade. Since 2005 GMR has supported these missions, which are focused on conducting free medical clinics in various villages around Guyana, as well as training health and community participants on various topics so they can train others in their community. These missions are staffed by  doctors, nurses, and medical educator volunteers from the United States.

Mahaicony Hospital

Dental clinic waiting area
GMR Storage Bond
Mortuary
Upgrade Ultrasound services
X-Ray Center

Davis Memorial Hospital

Commercial washer and dryer
Dental Clinic

Linden Hospital

Isolation Room in the ICU
Computer system with patient information software
EKG machine

Maternity Viewing Wall
Mortuary

Bartica Regional Hospital

New Amsterdam Hospital

Sewage pumps
Water pumps

Port Mourant Hospital

Accident & Emergency Ward