Health
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 Initiative to build a sustainable, resilient and internationally aligned organ donation and transplantation system. Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, met with a delegation from the Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI Foundation), the Human Organ...
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...
Guyana prepares for historic robotic surgery as healthcare enters new era
Guyana is preparing to make medical history with what could become the longest-distance robotic cardiac surgery ever performed. President Irfaan...
30 children among 167 positive COVID-19 cases in St Cuthbert’s Mission
St Cuthbert’s Mission continues to record a large number of COVID-19 cases as authorities are battling to contain the outbreak...
Pres. Ali urges support for WHO, other groups developing COVID-19 vaccines
President Irfaan Ali on Thursday advocated for continued support for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other institutions which are...
Death of baby: Post mortem rules out sexual abuse but father remains in custody
A post mortem examination was conducted on the four-day-old baby who died at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Monday and...
COVID-19 cases in St Cuthbert’s Mission increase by 48
Positive COVID-19 cases in St Cuthbert’s Mission has jumped by 48 in the past 24 hours from 130 samples; the...
88 new COVID-19 cases, 800 in home isolation
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday recorded 88 new COVID-19 cases from 714 tests, taking Guyana’s overall known cases to...
St Cuthbert’s Mission records 97 COVID-19 cases
St Cuthbert’s Mission in the Mahaica River, Region Four, has recorded 97 COVID-19 cases to date – an increase of...
Six new COVID-19 cases, 9 in ICU
A total of six new COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday from 111 tests. Regions...
10 new COVID-19 cases from 186 tests
The Ministry of Health on Monday reported 10 new COVID-19 cases from 186 tests. The new cases now push the...
80-year-old woman dies from COVID-19
The Ministry of Health (MOH) Monday afternoon reported that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Four Kato Secondary students test positive for COVID-19 after arriving at President’s College
Four students, who attend the Kato Secondary School in Region Eight, but were transferred to President’s College, have tested positive...
Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
BBC – The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis...
Two more elderly patients die from COVID-19
Guyana on Sunday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths pushing the overall death toll to 136 since March 11, 2020. The...
Man falls to death from COVID-19 hospital
The police are investigating the death of a sanitation worker who fell from the top floor of the Infectious Diseases...
30 new COVID-19 cases from 344 tests
Thirty new persons have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 4,514 to date. Of the...
$30M Bamia Health Centre commissioned
A $30 million health centre has been commissioned at Bamia, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The facility was commissioned by Minister of Health,...
27 new COVID-19 cases recorded
Guyana recorded 27 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking the overall total known cases to 4,484. According to the Ministry...
Girl, 11, with cancer related complications dies at GPHC; tested positive for COVID-19
An 11-year-old girl, who tested positive for COVID-19 after she was rushed to the hospital with complications related to cancer,...
Region Ten receives ventilator, oxygen concentrator to boost COVID-19 response
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony on Friday handed over a ventilator and an oxygen concentrator to the Upper Demerara-Berbice...
