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...
43 new COVID-19 cases; 16 in ICU
Guyana on Saturday recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of known cases to 1,459 of which 16...
Nurse who worked with paediatrician told to wait 2-3 weeks for her COVID-19 results
Sasha Hublall-Ali, the nurse who worked with the late paediatrician Dr Seepersaud Chatterdeo at the Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital, says...
Gov’t hoping to reduce COVID-19 deaths with use of antiviral drug
Guyana’s COVID-19 deaths have increased significantly in the month of August with the total now at 46. Health Minister Dr...
Post-mortem swab shows prominent paediatrician tested positive for COVID-19
The prominent paediatrician Dr Seepersaud Chatterdeo, who died recently, tested positive for COVID-19. “We recently learnt that a post-mortem swab...
Guyana engaging Russia on COVID-19 Vaccine
The Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony on Friday announced that the government is engaging Russia to access the COVID-19...
15 new COVID-19 cases take total to 1,416
Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Friday bringing the total number of cases in Guyana to 1,416 including 46...
Two women die after testing positive for COVID-19
The Ministry of Health Friday afternoon announced that an 82 -year-old woman from Region Four and a 47-year-old woman from...
Two new COVID-19 deaths; 19 new cases
The Ministry of Health on Thursday confirmed two additional deaths from COVID-19 and 19 new cases. According to the Ministry,...
Health Ministry still struggling with huge backlog of COVID-19 tests
The Ministry of Health is still grappling with a backlog of 1,000 COVID-19 samples collected for testing across the ten...
Guyana gets 29 new ventilators, 30,000 Hydroxychloroquine tablets to fight COVID – 19
As the fight persists against COVID – 19, the Ministry of Health is now equipped with 29 new ventilators, 4,800...
14 COVID-19 patients in ICU, 9 new cases
Guyana on Wednesday recorded nine new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of known cases to 1,382, including 43 deaths....
MPs Jones, Duncan put entire Parliament at risk; should still be in isolation – Health Minister
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has lambasted two Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) Christopher Jones and Sherod Duncan who...
Elderly man, young woman die from COVID-19; total deaths now at 43
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths –a 29-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man –bringing the...
67 new COVID-19 cases from 312 tests
A total of 67 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Monday from a total of 312 tests bringing the total...
Speaker ‘sanitised’ after Opposition MP Chris Jones tests positive for COVID-19
The Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir and his Clerk Sherlock Isaacs were Tuesday afternoon sanitized after being informed...
72 new COVID-19 cases, 43 more in Region Four
A total of 72 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Monday from a total of 215 tests. The total know...
Patients from Reg. 9, 7 die from COVID-19; total deaths now at 41
The Ministry of Health has announced the deaths of two more persons from COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number...
500 COVID-19 samples to be tested by CARPHA to clear backlog
Guyana will be sending 500 COVID-19 samples to be tested by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad and...
