“My profession has been my passion, and I wouldn’t exchange it for anything. It has brought me a lot of excitement, adventure, opportunities to travel and experience in many fields.”By Sharmain GraingerAlthough moves are being made across sectors to give closer attention to those with varying forms of impairment, mainly of a physical nature, this area has long been gaining the attention of the Health Sector. And a rather committed female health worker has for more than four decades been in the forefront in this regard.Geraldine Maison-HallsThis individual currently holds the position of Coordinator of the Ministry of Health’s Rehabilitation Assistant programme,Cheap NFL Jerseys, but has for many years dedicated her acquired skills to the exceedingly wide-ranging field.And who is this very dedicated person you may ask? She is Mrs. Geraldine Maison-Halls.The La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara resident has not only worked for many years with the Ministry of Health but has also worked tirelessly, even in a voluntary capacity, having gained much sought after expertise in disability rehabilitation and related pursuits. She has even worked globally with entities the likes of the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation to either deliver or educate persons to deliver services to patients with acute problems such as injuries, strokes and fractures.Skills that have been acquired by Maison-Halls over the years are even used to help prepare pregnant women for smooth delivery, whereby they are taught special exercises. And persons in need of acute care for long term problems such as spinal cord injuries and diseases such as muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy have also been among those she has served over the years.Her role, however, has extended to that of instruction, with a view of helping other selected health care workers better understand how they could prevent such disabling conditions and by extension, ensure that they are able to become productive citizens.But “satisfaction”, is perhaps an understatement,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, to describe how this week’s ‘Special Person’ feels about her contribution to the health sector over the years; she is certainly not ready to stop contributing.Born and raised at Abram Zuil on the Essequibo Coast, Geraldine was the younger of two children for her parents, Nathaniel and Stella Maison.Although they were not originally from the Essequibo Coast, they were required to work there as teachers, Geraldine said of her parents,cheap jerseys elite, as spoke proudly of her imposed Essequibian heritage.Mrs Maison-Halls (seated at centre) is flanked by a number of national coaches following a training course she coordinated.She attended a small school there before gaining a scholarship to attend The Bishops’ High School in Georgetown. This saw her following in the footsteps of her older sister. And according to her, she was able to secure quite a sound secondary education, which in fact provided the framework that she was eventually able to achieve academically as well as professionally.She recounted that during her school years, although she was not athletically inclined, she was a good supporter of athletic activities.“Even while I was at school,Cheap NFL Jerseys, I was very interested in working in an area which was a ‘helping field’ in the health discipline. At the time I didn’t quite know which one,” she recounted.Her passion for supporting the athletics turned out to be a major influencing factor in her eventually directing focus to the area of physiotherapy, even while still at school. It was in light of this that young Geraldine strategically chose subject areas to ensure that she was well prepared for her passion. Her studies even saw her getting the opportunity to visit the Physiotherapy Department at the Georgetown Hospital.She recalled that one person who influenced her during that time was one Janice Simmons, who would eventually become the entity’s Principal Physiotherapist.“She was the one who really guided me and cemented that idea of becoming a Physiotherapist,” Maison-Halls related during an interview.Immediately after school, she was accepted at the very hospital as a Trainee Physiotherapist.? About one and a half years later, at the age of 18, fuelled with the passion nurtured by Simmons, she left for England to officially acquire the qualification that would enable her to fulfil her heart’s desire.An adventurous ride on an elephant while on a mission to Sri Lanka.She was a student at the West Middlesex Hospital School of Physiotherapy for just over a three-year period where the world of physiotherapy became even more endearing to her.? However, she reflected that “what I did know for certain was that I was