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...
Guyana, Suriname working to restart ferry service
Health authorities in Guyana and Suriname are looking to match their response to COVID-19 at the ports of entry to...
48-Y-O Region One man, 71-Y-O Region Four female latest COVID-19 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported two new COVID-19 deaths bringing the overall total to 109. The two...
31 new COVID-19 cases, 16 in ICU
A total of 31 new cases were recorded on Thursday by the Ministry of Health. According to the Ministry’s daily...
Another COVID-19 death takes toll to 107
The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported another COVID-19 related death. The latest fatality is a 46-year-old female from Region...
Navratri: Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha urges strict adherence to COVID-19 Guidelines
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha has issued the following statement ahead of Navratri: As the Hindu Community prepares to observe...
24 new COVID-19 cases from 93 tests
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases after conducting 93 tests. The new cases push the...
Deeds and Commercial Registry staff tests positive for COVID-19
The Deeds and Commercial Registry has moved to have its entire building sanitised after one of its staff members tested...
Rotary Club raises funds to cover radiation treatment for 15-Y-O cancer patient
The Rotary Club of Demerara has successfully raised $1.3M overnight to cover the cost of radiation therapy for 15-year-old Shaniece...
44 new COVID-19 cases, over 1,000 in isolation
Guyana on Tuesday recorded 44 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total known cases to 3, 565. There are 16 patients...
62-Y-O male, 42-Y-O female take COVID-19 death toll to 106
Two more persons have died from COVID-19, the Ministry reported Monday night, bringing the total number of deaths to 106....
Mother pleads for help to save 15-year-old daughter
A mother of three is pleading for the public’s assistance to cover the cost of radiation for her 15-year-old daughter...
52 new COVID-19 cases; 73 recovered
The Ministry of Health on Monday recorded 52 new COVID-19 cases while an additional 73 persons have recovered. As a...
40-Y-O female is latest COVID-19 death
A 40-year-old female of Region Four was on Sunday recorded as Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death pushing the death toll to...
64 new COVID-19 cases
The Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed 64 new COVID-19 cases bringing the overall total to 3,469. According to the...
Elderly woman dies from COVID-19 at home
A 61-year-old female from Region One (Barima-Waini) who died at her home is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality moving the death...
47 new COVID-19 cases
The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed 47 new COVID-19 cases bringing the overall total to 3,405. According to the...
Chinese Community donates $17.2M in laboratory supplies
The Association of Chinese Enterprise in Guyana (ACEG) and the Chinese Community in Guyana on Friday donated a quantity of...
Guyanese doctor leads clinical trial on ‘antibody cocktail’ given to President Trump
[tcpalm.com] – A Fort Pierce infectious disease physician is leading research at one of the nation’s 89 clinical trial sites on the “antibody...
