Health
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 could drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather over the coming months. El Niño is a periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which typically lasts...
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...
Caribbean eating too much salt as hypertension, heart disease surge — CARPHA warns
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA, is sounding the alarm over dangerously high salt consumption across the region, warning that...
Georgetown Hospital reports fewer maternal, neonatal deaths
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) said it is proud of its achievements for 2024, so far as maternal and...
$1.5B expended to advance healthcare access in Region One in four years
The government has invested about $1.5 billion to enhance access to quality healthcare services in Region One within the last four years....
Protect Yourself: EPA issues Air Quality Alert for Georgetown and Coastal Areas
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a public advisory regarding the deteriorating air quality across the Low Coastal Plain,...
84 new healthcare professionals in Reg. 1
Eighty-four individuals from Region One are now certified Nursing Assistants, Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Operating Room Technicians, marking a...
Oxford Medical Centre lab gets certification
Local medical healthcare provider, Oxford Medical Centre has been awarded the GYS 170:2021 standard certification by the Guyana National Bureau...
Increased garbage collection for the holiday season
For the next eight weeks, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown has arranged for four constituencies to receive...
GPHC records over 50 per cent increase in patients
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has recorded a significant increase in patients treated at the hospital. This was revealed...
Milestone for GPHC as 8 complex brain tumours removed in one week
By Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.gy The Neurosurgery Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) recently performed a record eight complex...
No more daily pills: Guyana could soon offer injectable HIV PrEP
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP for short, is a medicine used to reduce the risk of getting the Human immunodeficiency virus...
Number 75 Regional Hospital to be operational by second half of 2025
The state-of-the-art regional hospital under construction at Number 75 Village, Corentyne, Region Six is expected to be operational by the...
$5.4B Kato Hospital to revolutionise healthcare in Region Eight
A new chapter in Kato’s development unfolded as President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali ceremonially turned the sod for a nearly...
Largest cohort of nurses graduate
See full statement from the Ministry of Health: On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health’s Georgetown School of Nursing hosted its...
‘World-class’ services for Reg. 1 as sod turned for $4.4B Moruca Hospital
To improve residents’ access to quality healthcare, the sod was on Tuesday turned to commence construction of a world- class...
Over 50 joint replacement surgeries done with ‘Operation Walk Maryland’
Between November 14 and 21, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in a collaborative medical mission with Operation Walk Maryland,...
GPHC launches “Operation Brain Tumour” to reduce backlog
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) proudly announces the launch of “Operation Brain Tumour”, an ambitious initiative aimed at...
Citizens should speak up about expired goods, other breaches in supermarkets
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Kester Hutson has urged citizens to speak out on the...
10 children get much-needed scoliosis surgeries at GPHC
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its second collaboration with World Pediatrics, an...
After more than 30 years, Bamia gets clean water for the first time
Last Wednesday, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water Susan Rodrigues symbolically turned on a water main at Bamia,...
