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...
Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response
[BBC] – A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response. Trials involving...
Nine new COVID-19 cases from 82 tests
The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday recorded nine new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number recorded so far to...
21 Indigenous villages on lockdown to stop spread of COVID-19
The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) in Region Nine has taken a decision to lockdown 21 indigenous villages in the...
Seven new COVID-19 cases from 45 tests
Seven more persons were tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 327 as of July 18,...
Three COVID-19 patients recover after treated with antibodies from survivors
Three COVID-19 patients who were in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC)...
Five new COVID-19 cases from 76 tests
Five more persons were tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 320 as of July 17,...
Regions 1 and 4 record highest number of COVID-19 cases
Guyana recorded one new case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed...
Young Region One man dies from COVID-19
A 36-year-old male from the North West District in Region One died on Wednesday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital...
Santa Rosa Teacher afraid to leave home after recovering from COVID-19
After teaching for 16 years, Rachel Abraham, a secondary school teacher in Santa Rosa, Moruca, Region One is not sure...
COVID-19 cases now at 313; 31 children below age 12 are positive
Guyana’s COVID-19 cases increased to 313 with five new cases on Wednesday from an additional 39 tests. Of that amount,...
Elderly Campbellville man is latest COVID-19 death
Milton Paul, a 74-year-old resident of Campbellville Housing Scheme, Georgetown has been recorded as Guyana’s 18th COVID-19 related death. The...
GPHC lobbies for law to allow organ transplant from brain-dead patients
By Isanella Patoir With over 100 end-stage renal failure patients in Guyana currently awaiting a kidney transplant with no donors,...
Giftland Mall reopens; over 200 employees remain off the job
The Giftland Mall has re-opened its doors after being closed for three and a half months as a result of...
8 new COVID-19 cases from 49 tests
Guyana on July 14 recorded eight new COVID-19 cases from 49 additional tests bringing the total number of known cases...
Three new COVID-19 cases from 78 tests; Reg. 1 has majority of cases
Three more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Guyana to 300. The...
Over 100 samples taken for COVID-19 test in Aranka, Reg. 7
By Bibi Khatoon Health officials have taken samples for COVID-19 testing from approximately 100 persons in Aranka, Cuyuni, Region Seven....
Six new COVID-19 cases, five persons in ICU
Guyana on July 12, 2020 recorded six new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 297. The...
Repatriated Guyanese woman tests positive for COVID-19
A Guyanese woman who was recently repatriated has tested positive for COVID-19. The News Room understands that she was attached...
