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...
$1B in expired drugs to be dumped
The Ministry of Health has budgeted $3.2B to remedy a drug shortage in the public healthcare system, even as the...
52-Y-0 man dies from COVID-19, death toll at 62
A mere hour after announcing its 61st COVID-19 death, the Ministry of Health on Thursday revealed its 62nd fatality –...
APNU+AFC did not test samples from persons who died with COVID-19 symptoms
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Thursday revealed that the former APNU+AFC Government did not test samples from dead...
COVID-19 death toll now at 61; 43 new cases
The Ministry of Health has revealed another COVID-10 death on Thursday taking the overall death toll to 61. The Ministry...
63-Y-0 is 60th COVID-19 death
A 63-year-old woman from Region One has been recorded at the 60th COVID-19 death on Wednesday moments after the 59th...
COVID-19 at Lusignan prison: Inmates refuse meals; hurl bricks at Joint Services
See below full statement issued by the Director of Prisons on the Coronavirus Situation at Lusignan Prison: The news of...
Another COVID-19 death pushes total to 59; 26 new cases recorded
Guyana on Wednesday recorded another COVID-19 death bringing the overall total death toll to 59. The Ministry of Health in...
Employee from Labour Ministry tests positive for COVID-19
The Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton has announced that an employee from the Co-operatives Department of the Ministry has tested...
Parliament asks Caterer to explain contaminated food
Several Parliamentarians reportedly fell ill on Monday after consuming food provided by the Parliament at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre...
14 Parliamentary staff positive for COVID-19
Fourteen employees of the Parliament Office have tested positive for COVID-19. Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir at the...
Scotiabank temporarily closes Carmichael St. branch after positive COVID-19 case
The management of Scotiabank has taken a decision to temporarily close its Carmichael Street branch until further notice after one...
Two prisoners at Lusignan test positive for COVID-19
See below full statement issued by the Guyana Prison Service: Despite taking all necessary precautions, two prisoners from the Holding...
Two more COVID-19 deaths; 74 new cases
The COVID-19 death toll in Guyana has moved to 58 following the death of a 75 -year-old male from Region...
COVID-19 results to soon be available within 15-45 minutes – Health Minister
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has announced that a specialised machine valued $52 million will soon arrive in Guyana...
Labour Ministry includes COVID-19 checks in health and safety inspections
Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton on Monday defended the Government’s move to re-establish his Ministry which under the former APNU+AFC administration...
31 new COVID-19 cases; 16 in ICU
Guyana on September 14, 2020 recorded 31 new COVID-19 cases after 132 tests within the past 24hrs. The total number...
41 new COVID-19 cases, over 1,200 recoveries
A total of 41 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Sunday bringing the overall number of cases to 1,853 including...
Elderly woman dies from COVID-19; death toll now at 56
Less than 24 hours after three COVID-19 deaths were recorded, Guyana on Sunday recorded another fatality pushing the overall death...
