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...
31-Y-0 woman dies from COVID-19 in Reg 6; total deaths now at 39
Another person has died from COVID-19 on Sunday making it four persons to have died in less than 24 hours...
Mingo’s assistant hospitalised under Police guard at GPHC
Michelle Miller, one of the four GECOM employees arrested with the embattled Returning Officer of Region Four Clairmont Mingo is...
50 new COVID-19 cases; 13 in ICU
Fifty new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Sunday bringing the total number of known cases to 1,234, including 38 deaths....
Third COVID-19 death in 24 hours; total deaths now at 38
The Ministry of Health has announced its second COVID-19 death for Sunday and the third in less than 24hrs; the...
Newborn left with gaping hole on hand from burn at New Amsterdam Hospital
A newborn baby is left with a hole on his left hand as a result of third-degree burns from a...
Woman with heart ailment left untreated at GPHC as Doctors waited on COVID-19 test result
The family and friends of 45-year-old Kesia Jardine who died on Friday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital are calling...
Renowned paediatrician dies; Health Minister expresses sympathy
Prominent paediatrician, Dr. Seepersaud Chatterdeo who once headed the Paediatrics Department of Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) died at a...
Elderly Reg. 9 woman dies from COVID-19
A 78-year-old woman of Region Nine was on Sunday morning recorded as Guyana’s 37th COVID-19 death, a mere few hours...
COVID-19 survivor who was PM for a day talks about mental, emotional & physical impact of deadly virus
Twenty-two-year-old Delecia George is a COVID-19 survivor who spent 35 days of isolation in a Government health facility. George is...
COVID-19 hospital ready to house positive cases
Phase one of the repurposing of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is completed; this will now allow for...
No follow-up test needed to be cleared of COVID-19 – Min. Anthony
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has confirmed that persons who had initially tested positive for COVID-19 do not need...
80-Y-0 man dies from COVID-19; total deaths now at 36
Guyana on Saturday recorded its 36th COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health in a statement said the patient was an...
Four new COVID-19 cases; 9 in ICU
The Ministry of Health on Saturday reported four new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of cases to 1,184, inclusive...
Flight crew was not prepared to transport suspected COVID-19 patient- GDF
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said its aircraft refused to transport a suspected COVID-19 patient from Mabaruma, Region One in...
Three more COVID-19 deaths; 40 new cases, 9 in ICU
The Ministry of Health on Friday reported three more COVID-19 deaths without providing any details on the victims. The announcement...
COVID-19 patients with no symptoms cannot transmit virus after 13 days
The Ministry of Health recently adopted updated guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to discharge positive COVID-19 patients who...
PAHO/WHO not opposed to re-opening Guyana’s airports mid-September
With strict systems in place to detect positive COVID-19 cases upon arrival, country representative of the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health...
PAHO/WHO rep. says COVID-19 tests of high standard
The Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) is instrumental in Guyana’s fight against COVID-19 from the training of microbiologists to...
