Georgetown Public Hospital
Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), in Georgetown, Guyana, is the country's largest hospital. GPHC is the main teaching hospital in Guyana and serves as both a regional public hospital and as the national referral hospital.
| Georgetown Public Hospital | |
|---|---|
Shown in Georgetown, Guyana | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Georgetown, Guyana, Guyana |
| Coordinates | 6.816405°N 58.156482°W |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 600 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1838 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Guyana |
Its Seaman's Ward, the oldest section, was constructed in 1838. The hospital is government-run with a capacity of 600 beds, although in 2005 not all were used due to staff shortages. GPHC's emergency department has an estimated annual volume of 75,000.
Guyana's first open-heart surgery was performed at the GPHS's Caribbean Heart Institute in 2007. In 2008, the first kidney transplant operation in Guyana was performed at the GPHC by US Army medical professionals for training and humanitarian purposes.
In 2010, GPHC began an Emergency Medicine training program. In 2015, GPHC received GY$80M worth of equipment from China for setting up a trauma centre.
The first abdominal aortic aneurysm repair surgery in Guyana was performed at GPHC in 2020.