Health
Strict penalties for health workers who bypass new centralised medical supply system
Health officials who operate outside Guyana’s new centralised medical supply system will be sent home, President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has warned on Monday. President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali addresses RHOs and other officials on Monday The president sounded this warning during a meeting with regional health officers (RHOs), hospital administrators, ministry officials and the...
Guyana advances towards a world-class organ donation, transplant system
In an effort to strengthen Guyana’s healthcare capabilities and improve patient outcomes, the Ministry of Health has launched a 31-month...
UN urges the world to ready for extreme heat risk from El Niño
GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) – The United Nations weather agency forecast on Tuesday a moderate or possibly a strong El Niño that...
85.6% of patients who passed through COVID hospital survived
Since being in operation for a year, the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal has served as Guyana’s main healthcare facility...
2 more COVID deaths, 222 new cases, 34 in ICU
Guyana on Wednesday recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, putting the country’s overall death toll at 624 since March 2020. According...
COVID-19: Fully vaxed patients who died had diabetes, hypertension & other ailments
The two fully vaccinated patients who died after they were infected with the disease COVID-19 were both suffering from diabetes...
Two fully vaccinated patients with COVID-19 die
Two elderly people who took the COVID-19 vaccines have died but the reason for their deaths cannot be linked to...
New COVID guidelines permit only vaccinated people at gyms
Only vaccinated staff and gym-goers are allowed to visit gyms and other fitness centres according to the newly-updated COVID-19 measures...
Woman, 91, among nine more COVID deaths
Nine people – three women and six men – are now dead after they were infected with the disease COVID-19,...
COVID-19: 5 more dead, 33 in ICU; more beds being added to COVID hospital
As Guyana grapples with a surge in COVID-19 deaths and cases, five more persons have died from the dreaded disease...
COVID-19: ‘We are in a Delta surge’ – Health Minister
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday said Guyana is experiencing a surge of the COVID-19 pandemic and he...
Local Vet makes history with 107 surgeries in one day
Determined Veterinarian Dr Nardeo Bassudeo and his team from NB Veterinary Services worked tirelessly on August 8 for 11 hours...
COVID-19: Fmr. Chief Magistrate went to GPHC with severe respiratory distress
The management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has stated that former Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan, who died at...
COVID-19: Fmr. Chief Magistrate dies while waiting for wheelchair at GPHC
Cecil Sullivan, a former acting Chief Magistrate, died on Monday while he was waiting on a wheelchair to be taken...
Two more men die from COVID, 80 new cases recorded
Two men, both aged 47, have been recorded as the country’s latest COVID-19 deaths. The Ministry of Health in a...
Another 5,000 Sputnik V doses in Guyana
Another consignment of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines for COVID-19 arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at Timehri,...
About 2,000 children vaccinated at MovieTowne COVID- 19 drive
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has estimated that about 2,000 children were vaccinated on Sunday at the COVID-19 vaccination...
31 patients in COVID-19 ICU; more than 100 seriously ill across Guyana
There are 31 patients who have been experiencing the more serious and life-threatening symptoms of the disease, COVID-19. These patients...
Woman, 59, dies from COVID; 176 new cases recorded
A 59-year-old woman of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) has been recorded as Guyana’s latest COVID-29 fatality, pushing the death toll to...
Scores of children get vaccinated against COVID-19 at MovieTowne
The Ministry of Education’s COVID-19 vaccination drive for children at MovieTowne, Georgetown, kicked off on Sunday in what could be...
Gov’t vaccination, PCR test requirements for employees are lawful- Fmr. Speaker
Former Speaker of the National Assembly and attorney-at-law Ralph Ramkarran has weighed in on the vaccination requirements instituted by the...
