Busy Sunday

Emergency flight early to Aishalton for a stabbing case - the wound is 3 cm from the spine of the patient. Had to navigate through a low cloud layer over the Lethem area adjacent to the Kanuku mountains which made for a memorable site indeed but required a home-made instrument approach on the way home.

Back in time to help the RPH team set up the dish and projector screen at the Brazilian restaurant for the grand drawing of the 'test your team' HIV tournement at halftime of the WC Final.

Thank you to Mr. Carlton P. Beckles of the Guyana Football Federation for coming out to officiate the Grand Drawing. During the world cup promotion we more than doubled our previous monthly VCT record thanks to positive peer pressure and the grand prize from Coulors on Robb Street.



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Parikwariwaunau young lady wins complete CONVERSE outfit from Colours.

Although she has yet to be notified in person and remains anonymous we do officially have a winner!

Special thank you to Mr. Milton Bradford, Managing Director of Colours who generously came on board the 'test your team' promotion to provide an innovative incentive for health awareness in Region 9. With the main store located at 70 E Robb St in Georgetown, Colours is the official national distributor of the Converse apparel brand in Guyana.

The lucky winner will pick her own outfit from the showroom and be looking sharp with new gear valuing over 30,000 guy dollars. Her name was picked out at random by our GFF representative, Mr Carlton Beckle from among hundreds of of 'contestants' who became eligible by taking an confidential and free HIV test with Remote Area Medical.


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Three emergency patients from Wichabai to Ogle on Saturday.

Responding to a Rupununi emergency from Georgetown does happen from time to time as we are occasionally in the city for meetings or maintenance on the aircraft. On saturday nurse Fiona Johnny (originally of Karasabai) served as the flight nurse when we picked up an appendicitis case, a snake bite (labaria), and an young man with a painful abdominal mass all from the South Central airstrip. With the current level of high water, vehicle transportation is all but impossible in many parts of the region.

The RPH 'test your team' promotion enters it's final week.

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