As part of its plan to play a more integral role in building the capacity within the health sector, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday commenced an Orthopaedic Technician Training Programme.The programme, which will be coordinated by orthopaedic specialists Dr Ricardo Baeza and Dr David Samaroo, comes as the third orthopaedic course to be organised under the current hospital management,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, and will see some 15 individuals drawn from various regions participating.According to Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Mr Michael Khan, the programme is one of the many capacity building programmes that the hospital offers to boost its capacity as well as that of other hospitals within the region.He said that the hospital is now in the forefront of training and will therefore be taking over many of the aspects of training from the Ministry of Health.This process has, however, been significantly slowed, according to the CEO, due to the recent fire which gutted some of the hospital’s buildings.At a brief orientation session on Monday, the participants were cautioned repeatedly by senior hospital officials to maintain punctuality, good conduct and discipline throughout the nine-month programme.And, according to Mr Khan, one of the important factors that the participants must learn to embrace throughout the programme and beyond is the practice of confidentiality. He added that there will be zero tolerance for kleptomaniacs.And coordinator of the programme, Dr Samaroo, related that the participants for the first six months of the course will be exposed to two or three lecture sessions per week,Wholesale China Jerseys, in addition to other activities which will be held in the ward,Cheap Sports Jerseys, in the operating room and mostly in the Plaster-of-Paris room.The facilitators of the programme, he said, will constitute consultants within the hospital’s orthopaedic department and members of the human resources department.In addition to lecture sessions, he noted, they will be able to gain hands-on experience from practising orthopaedic technicians employed at the medical institution.These edifying sessions, according to the doctor, will be followed by a final examination, after which they will be expected to engage a three-month internship within the hospital system before graduation.Upon graduating, he disclosed, some of the participants will be asked to return to their respective regions while some will be selected to remain at the GPHC,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, based on their performance throughout the programme.The participants were assured by Mr Leslie Cadogan, Director of Administrative Services, that the programme will not be a difficult one once they fully apply themselves.He pointed out, too,Wholesale NFL China Jerseys, that the programme is expected to benefit the participants themselves,Cheap Jerseys From China, the hospital and the country as a whole.As such, he encouraged them to dedicate and commit themselves to the programme so that they could develop the new skills they are intended to learn.Mr Cadogan, however, cautioned them that, should they mess up or display disreputable behaviour during the course of the programme, they will immediately be relieved of their opportunity to operate at the medical facility.And once they remain part of the programme, the participants will be eligible for a $9,000 stipend on a monthly basis.According to Mr Khan, the programme will, in essence, cost the hospital just about $2M to undertake the entire training programme.