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...
64-Y-0 Reg. 8 man dies from COVID-19; death toll now at 72
Guyana recorded its 72nd COVID-19 death on Thursday. The Ministry of Health in a statement revealed that a 64-year-old man...
Health Ministry withholds pertinent COVID-19 info; 44 new cases recorded
The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that it will not reveal certain categories of COVID-19 information on a daily...
Spikes will happen: Health Minister explains increase in COVID-19 deaths as part of ‘global trend’
By Kurt Campbell Recognising that just about three per cent of the over 2,500 persons who have tested positive for...
Former Guyana cricketer donates 10,000 face masks to MoE
The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Thursday received 10,000 face masks from businessman and former national cricketer, Timur Mohamed. Making...
Guyana’s COVID-19 situation worsens; September is deadliest month as death toll surges
By Kurt Campbell Guyana recorded its first COVID-19 case and death on March 11, 2020, and while other countries have...
Two more women die from COVID-19; 98 new cases
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll continues to rapidly increase with two more persons dying on Wednesday taking the total number of...
25-Y-old dies from COVID-19; total deaths now at 69
The Ministry of Health has revealed another COVID-19 death Tuesday night, taking the overall death toll to 69. The latest...
Guyana now has over 1,000 active COVID-19 cases
Guyana on Tuesday recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of known cases to 2,437. With 830...
Another COVID-19 death from Region One; total deaths now at 68
Guyana on Tuesday recorded yet another COVID-19 death; the latest victim is a 74-year-old woman from Region One. She died...
120 positive for COVID-19 at Lusignan Prison
A screening campaign for COVID-19 at the Lusignan Prison has returned 120 positive cases from 200 tests, Minister of Health...
57-year-old Region One woman is latest COVID-19 death
Another person has died from COVID-19. The Ministry of Health recorded the latest facility Monday evening, a 57 -year-old woman...
67-year-old Region One man dies from COVID-19
The Ministry of Health (MOH) Monday afternoon announced that as of 15:00hrs on September 21, 2020, one other person who...
65th COVID-19 death; 101 new cases, majority in Reg. 4
Guyana on Sunday recorded the country’s 65th COVID-19 death. The latest fatality is a 51 -year-old man from Demerara/Mahaica, Region...
66 new COVID-19 cases, 15 in ICU
Guyana has recorded 66 new COVID-19 cases bringing to total number of confirmed cases to 2, 168. There are now...
Two elderly men die from COVID-19; death toll now at 64
The Ministry of Health has revealed that as of 17:00h on Friday two other persons who tested positive for COVID-19...
75 new COVID-19 cases pushes total to 2,102
Guyana on Friday recorded 75 new COVID-19 cases from 260 tests, pushing the country’s total known cases to 2, 102...
109 samples taken from babies for HIV tests ‘sitting in lab’ – Health Minister
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Thursday said 109 samples taken from babies for HIV tests were left “sitting...
Millions overpaid to contractors for COVID-19 hospital – Dr Anthony
The former APNU+AFC Government is accused of overpaying millions of dollars to contractors who worked on the Infectious Diseases Hospital...
