Although faced with a number of setbacks inclusive of non-support from the parliamentary opposition,Cameron Sutton Womens Jersey, Government, from all indications is forging ahead with its proposed Specialty Hospital.It is anticipated that once the proposed facility is completed, it will provide specialty health care including organ transplants, as well as cardio and cosmetic surgeries.Dr Raj Kishan NarineBut although this ambitious plan remains a product in the making that will possibly cater to a number of persons in dire need of specialised care,Josh Jones Youth Jersey, Dr. Raj Kishan Narine is convinced that Guyana cannot simply wait. This is especially crucial, the Guyana-born Cardiovascular Surgeon said, with respect to children with daunting cardiac conditions.It is for this reason that the Canada-based medical practitioner has been embracing strides to bring paediatric cardiac care to Guyana.Although local adult cardiac patients have been benefiting from the services of the Caribbean Heart Institution,Reuben Foster Youth Jersey, which is situated in the compound of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, paediatric heart patients have however not been so catered to.? In fact, over the years,David Luiz Paris Saint-Germain Jersey, children with cardiac conditions have either been required to travel overseas for medical attention or simply lost the fight to their health challenge.Moreover,Theo Walcott Arsenal Jersey, Dr Narine was strategic in creating a linkage with the International Children’s Heart Foundation (also called the Baby Heart Foundation) of Memphis,Nathan Peterman Bills Jersey, Tennessee, United States. The charitable body is currently in the process of streamlining a working partnership with the GPHC in hopes of providing a gamut of heart care services including surgeries by July of next year.“It is not a question of pushing for something because of something politically that is going to happen….Our question is ‘Do you and your children need the operation today or yesterday?’ That is the basis of our decision and efforts,” said Dr. Narine.He explained that while the Specialty Hospital may be a political move by Government, the collaboration with the Baby Heart Foundation is intended to address a problem that has been in existence for too long. “Who is going to build a Specialty Hospital, when or if they are going to build it is of no concern to us; it should not be looked upon as something that should prevent initiating a programme that is necessary that was probably necessary years ago…The only objective is to assist the children that are here and will be in the coming years…” asserted Dr. Narine.He however stressed that “If somebody builds a Specialty Hospital that will help us to achieve that (paediatric heart surgery) even in a better way and improve the services we can give those children, then of course that is a welcomed thing.”And according to Founder and Medical Director of the Charitable Organisation, Dr. William Novick, even if moves were made to have the proposed hospital in place by next year, other logistics will still have to be put in place before the actual service is provided. Among these he pointed out will be the staffing of the facility.And moves are already being made for local medical personnel to be trained to undertake paediatric cardiac operations through the charitable foundation.? According to Dr Novick, almost a decade will be required for adequate training, even as he noted that those trained could in fact utilise their acquired expertise in a completed Specialty Hospital in the future.