Health
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 could drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather over the coming months. El Niño is a periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which typically lasts...
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...
Caribbean eating too much salt as hypertension, heart disease surge — CARPHA warns
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA, is sounding the alarm over dangerously high salt consumption across the region, warning that...
Sod turned for $70M New Amsterdam Hospital mortuary
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday held a simple sod-turning ceremony for the construction of the first of its...
Baracara gets $31M Water Ambulance
The small community of Baracara located alongside the Canje River in East Berbice has now benefited from a water ambulance...
Family wants justice after first born dies at private hospital
By Bibi Khatoon A Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) family is threatening legal action against a private hospital after...
7-Y-O burn victim opens eyes after first phase of treatment
Seven-year-old burn victim Shaniya Persaud opened her eyes Wednesday after her first phase of treatment at the Shriners Hospital, Galveston...
7-Y-0 burn victim stable after surgery to remove ‘damaged tissues’
Seven-year-old burn victim Shaniya Persaud is now in a stable condition after she underwent surgery to remove damaged tissues about...
7-Y-0 burn victim leaves Saturday for emergency treatment in U.S
Seven-year-old burn victim Shaniya Persaud is set to depart Guyana Saturday at approximately 7:00hrs with her mother for emergency treatment...
7-Y-0 burn victim to be evacuated for emergency treatment in U.S
By Isanella Patoir The Rotary Club of Demerara is currently raising funds to evacuate 7-year-old Shaniya Persaud to a children’s...
Mahdia Hospital gets cryotherapy machine to treat early signs of cervical cancer
(Department of Public Information) The Public Health Ministry handed over a cryotherapy machine to the staff of the Mahdia District...
Family seeks help to fund bone marrow transplant for 7-Y-O
A Trinidadian-based Guyanese family is seeking the public’s help to fund a bone marrow transplant for their seven-year-old daughter, which...
Baby Akeelah completes successful brain surgery
Two-year-old Akeelah Etwaroo is recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital after undergoing a successful brain surgery, performed by Guyana’s lone...
Rotary Club of Georgetown, Mohan Thani Foundation donate 55 wheelchairs to local organisations
Organisations such as hospitals, rehabilitation centres and homes for senior citizens interact daily with many persons, who are faced with...
No answers yet in mystery deaths of Wakapoa woman, father
Relatives of 38-year-old Selema Thomas and her 76-year-old father Edward Richards are yet to receive information about how they died....
Drug treatment court to reduce burden on prison system
Guyana’s first Drug Treatment Court will be in operation within the next three months and according to Chief Justice (ag)...
Guyana implements measures to safeguard against Ebola outbreak
Guyana is adopting measures recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to safeguard against the recent outbreak of the Ebola...
Single mother seeks assistance for baby who needs brain surgery
Twenty-four-year-old Essequibo mother Phyziena Etwaroo is seeking the public’s help to offset the cost of brain surgery for her one-year-old...
Family demands justice after teen with injury to foot dies at Suddie Hospital
By Isanella Patoir Fourteen-year-old Ramindra Khagaram died on Monday morning after he was admitted to the Suddie Hospital for what...
Doctors satisfied with President’s recovery
President David Granger returned to Guyana Tuesday after completing his medical evaluation in Cuba at the weekend and his team...
UK Diplomat calls for Guyana to decriminalise suicide
Head of the British delegation in Guyana, Greg Quinn says attempted suicide should be struck off Guyana’s law books. Speaking...
