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...
Trump taken to Walter Reed medical center and will be hospitalized ‘for the next few days’
(CNN) – President Donald Trump arrived Friday evening at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where the White House says he...
39 more COVID-19 cases; 15 in ICU
Guyana on Friday recorded 39 more COVID-19 cases taking the overall known cases to 2,968 of which 15 persons are...
GPHC prepares for crisis if nurses take strike action
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is gearing up for a crisis should nurses go on strike for better pay...
Opposition Leader says ‘reckless move’ to reduce curfew hours, reopen airports
Opposition Leader and former Chief Executive Officer of the COVID-19 Task Force Joseph Harmon on Friday pushed back against the...
First Lady supports breast cancer screening for 50 women
The unveiling and launch of an ‘Avenue of Hope’ arch in downtown Georgetown brings awareness to breast cancer and the...
Donald Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19
BBC – US President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and...
Two more elderly patients die from COVID-19; death toll at 85
Less than two hours after recording its 83rd COVID-19 death, two more persons have died from the disease taking the...
Guyana signs up with Global Vaccine Alliance to get COVID-19 vaccines
Guyana has signed up to COVAX Facility, a global initiative to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and...
46-Y-0 dies from COVID-19
Guyana on October 1 recorded its 83rd COVID-19 death, making it the first for this month and the seventh person...
Gov’t says COVID-19 is foremost threat to national security but defends decision to reduce curfew hours
Prime Minister, Brigadier (rt’d) Mark Phillips, on Thursday afternoon, described the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed 82 persons in Guyana...
Army to deploy 500 soldiers to back up Police in enforcing COVID-19 measures
The country’s Army will deploy 500 soldiers to back up the Police in ensuring Guyanese wear a mask when in...
Region Four records 31 of 35 new COVID-19 cases; 14 in ICU
Guyana recorded 35 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday with the majority in Region Four. Region Three recorded three new cases,...
Gas stations, salons, supermarkets can now open until 8pm; gyms, bars remain closed
The Guyana Government has officially gazetted the 9pm to 4am curfew and has now relaxed some measures which will see...
Curfew back at 9pm to 4am
Cabinet has taken a decision to return the curfew hours to 9pm to 4am, two high ranking Government officials confirmed...
COVID-19 death toll climbs; two more elderly patients die
Guyana on Wednesday recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, less than 24-hours after two others died taking the death toll to...
48 new COVID-19 cases, 11 in ICU
Guyana on Wednesday recorded 48 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of known cases in the country to...
‘Change your approach’ in tackling COVID-19 – Opposition tells Gov’t
Four Coalition Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) came together on Wednesday to demand that the People’s Progressive Party Government change...
$25,000 household cash grant distribution starts in Regions 1, 9
Over 8,000 Barima-Waini (Region One) residents were the first to benefit from the $25,000 per household COVID-19 relief cash grant...
