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...
Another victim dies in Wakapoa mystery illness; PM on first victim inconclusive
Seventy-six-year-old Edward Richards, a resident of Wakapoa, Region 2, died on Wednesday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital five days...
Zika virus: Guyana ranks No.1 in South America for microcephaly
A comparison of cases of the Zika virus, which results in microcephaly (a condition in which babies are born with...
Husband recovering in Wakapoa mystery illness
Richard Thomas, the husband of Selema Thomas who died Monday following a mysterious illness, is now recovering at the Georgetown...
Woman dies, five family members hospitalized after eating Pepperpot and Cassava
A woman of Crow Island in the Pomeroon River has died and five of her relatives have been hospitalized after...
Linden girl dies after severe head injuries at school
The 10-year-old Linden girl has died after battling severe head injury she sustained following an incident at the Regma Primary...
Dr Roger Luncheon hospitalised
PPP stalwart and former head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital,...
Fight at Psychiatric hospital leaves one dead
A patient of the National Psychiatric Hospital in Berbice has died of injuries he sustained during a fight with another patient...
GPHC’s maternity unit gets more equipment
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is now equipped with 83 pieces of medical equipment to improve the services provided to...
Project launched to reduce high level of teen pregnancies among Amerindians
The India-UN Development Partnership is funding a project to reduce high levels of adolescent pregnancy in Guyana. It has been...
Linden to get first Women’s Shelter
The township of Linden will soon have its first women’s shelter and two new community centres following an agreement between...
27 women begin First Aid training through Office of the First Lady
Twenty-seven women on Monday commenced a week-long training exercise in general First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and the proper use...
CDC mobilizes flood relief for Mahdia residents
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has mobilized relief supplies for residents of Region Eight affected by flooding as it continues...
Guyana elected to WHO Executive Board
Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence was elected Monday to the Executive Board of the global World Health Organisation (WHO) giving...
Gov’t uncovers unsanitary conditions at food entities in Regions 4 and 6
The Food and Drug Department has found that only 18% of Food Service Establishments in Regions Four and Six are...
After death of friend, 34 kidney transplant patients worry about shortage of drugs at GPHC
By Bibi Khatoon Thirty-four kidney transplant patients are calling on the administration of the Georgetown Public Hospital to put better...
Salary increase for nurses before year end, Health Ministry says
(Department of Public Information) Following much deliberation and representation being made in the interest of nurses, they can now expect a...
$50M GPHC maternity unit expansion to begin in 12 weeks
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation on Monday launched an extension phase of its Maternity Unit. This expansion project is a...
Gov’t launches policies to combat child labour, workplace accidents
The Government of Guyana on Friday in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched its first national policy...
