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...
Elderly patients die from COVID-19; death toll now at 80
Guyana on Tuesday recorded two more COVID-19 deaths taking the overall death toll to 80. The Ministry of Health reported...
59 new COVID-19 cases recorded, majority in Region 4
Guyana on September 29, 2020, recorded 59 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total known cases to 2, 846. There...
With support from APNU+AFC and GPSU, Georgetown nurses continue protest
Nurses in Georgetown continued protest action on Tuesday for better working conditions, better pay and risk allowances. The nurses were...
Port Kaituma man arrested after caught having sex with dead woman who tested positive for COVID-19
A 50-year-old Port Kaituma, North West District man was arrested on Saturday last after he was caught having intercourse with...
Surviving COVID-19: Guyanese woman who moved to US a year ago, spent 71 days on ventilator, 19 days in coma
A 29-year-old Guyanese nursing assistant living in the United States has said she will carry the scars of COVID-19 with...
15 new COVID-19 cases, 44 new recoveries
Guyana on Monday recorded 15 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the overall confirmed cases to 2, 787. There are now...
High recovery rate of COVID – 19 patients; Anthony says severe cases responding well to Remdesivir
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony, in drawing attention to the high recovery rate for persons who have tested positive...
Region 8 fails to constitute RDC; several proposed councilors positive for COVID-19
With Regions across the country moving Monday morning to swear in the new councilors who will make up the new...
47 new cases; over 1,000 persons in isolation
Guyana has recorded 47 new COVID-19 cases bringing the overall known cases to 2,772 of which 1,120 persons are home...
Two women die from COVID-19; death toll now at 78
Two more patients have died from COVID-19 on Sunday morning, hours after two others died. The Ministry of Health revealed...
Young male among two more COVID-19 deaths
Guyana on Saturday recorded two more COVID-19 deaths taking the overall death toll to 76, The Ministry of Health in...
16 new COVID-19 cases
Guyana on Saturday recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall known cases in the country to 2,725, Twelve persons...
Ministry threatens to take action against protesting healthcare workers
The Ministry of Health has made it clear that it will take action against nurses and other healthcare workers who...
130 new cases of COVID-19; 16 in ICU
Guyana has recorded 130 new cases of COVID-19 taking the overall known cases in the country to 2,709. There are...
71-Y-old Reg. 2 woman dies from COVID-19; death toll now at 74
Guyana on Friday recorded its 74th COVID-19 death less than 24 hours after two others died. The latest victim is...
Nurses at GPHC join in the strike for better pay and risk allowance
Over 100 nurses supported by a few doctors from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) staged a protest action Friday...
Health Minister asks protesting nurses to be patient until Budget is passed
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony is asking nurses who have been protesting for risk allowance to be patient for...
94-Y-0 woman is 73rd COVID-19 death
A 94-year-old woman has been recorded as Guyana’s 73rd COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health in a statement revealed that...
