(Kaieteur News) – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday announced the installation of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), the first ever machine in the public health system.

“The installation of the first MRI machine in the public healthcare system at Georgetown Public Hospital is now underway, bringing world-class diagnostic services within reach of every citizen, regardless of their ability to pay. This is what real investment in people looks like. We promised to modernise healthcare, and we are delivering, step by step, project by project, promise by promise,” the minister said via a Facebook post.

Back in June last year, Director of Medical and Professional Services at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Dr. Navindranauth Rambaran said the hospital was expecting the machine.