The emergency department at the Georgetown Public Hospital is recording wait times of around one hour for…

The emergency department at the Georgetown Public Hospital is recording wait times of around one hour for most cases, with life-threatening emergencies prioritised for immediate attention. It is deemed among the fastest in the region, according to Emergency Medicine Specialist Dr. Zulfikar Bux. Dr. Bux recently told the News Room that the country’s premiere hospital, Georgetown Public Hospital’s wait time currently surpasses most facilities in the United States and is unrivaled across the Caribbean as a the result of more than a decade of protocolised care. Now the benchmark for what the Guyana Emergency Medical Authority intends to roll out nationwide and the treatment a patient receives at the Georgetown Public Hospital will be the same treatment expected at any regional hospital nationwide.