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...
Concerned Guyanese demand better health care
Several persons gathered outside the Ministry of Public Health’s office on Brickdam, Georgetown in the blazing midday sun Wednesday demanding...
Berbice residents demand removal of CEO at NA hospital
Several residents of the county of Berbice Wednesday picketed the New Amsterdam Hospital calling for improved services and the removal...
PAHO asked to assist cancer deaths investigation at GPHC
By Fareeza Haniff The Ministry of Public Health has solicited the assistance of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) into...
Independent autopsy inconclusive on death of 6-Y-0 cancer victim
A second Post-Mortem Examination (PME) was done Monday on the body of 6-year-old cancer victim, Sharezer Mendonca, days after her...
Body of child who died from cancer at GPHC given to wrong family before private PME
By Fareeza Haniff While a family is grappling to deal with the suspicious death of their 6-year-old child, they have...
Third cancer patient dies at GPHC
Six-year-old Sharezer Mendonca of Queenstown Essequibo Coast died this morning after days on life support at the Georgetown Public Hospital....
Bodies left to rot due to non-functioning Berbice morgues
Non-functioning morgues at the New Amsterdam and Skeldon Hospitals in the county of Berbice has caused bodies to rot, leaving...
Hundreds bid farewell to 3-Y-0 cancer victim
Three-year-old Roshini Seegobin of Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was cremated Tuesday at the Good Hope crematorium, ECD following a...
GPHC recalls cancer drug after deaths of children
By Colwyn Abrams The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has launched a probe into the deaths of two children who...
Linden Hospital blamed for death of newborn baby, father told to pray
By Colwyn Abrams A Silvercity, Wismar Linden family has been thrown into a state of mourning following the sudden death...
Boy, 13, battling cancer; family seeks help for overseas treatment
Diagnosed with a type of cancer which spreads rapidly from its point of origin, the family of a 13-year-old boy...
Over 150 children in foster care
Since the implementation of the Foster Care system in Guyana in 2010, the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) has...
Blood bank in dire need of donors
The National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) is in dire need of blood to satisfy the ever-growing demand for this “life-saving”...
18-Y-O gives birth to Berbice Christmas baby
A five-pound baby boy, born at 03:45hrs on Christmas Day, is the lone East Berbice Corentyne Christmas baby. The baby...
Christmas baby is a boy!
On December 25, 2018, at exactly 12:12 am, Taysuwattie Budhu gave birth to her fourth child, a boy, at the...
President leaves for more treatment Christmas Day
President David Granger leaves Guyana Christmas Day for further chemotherapy in Cuba, days after his Government collapsed with the passage...
Hinterland records country’s highest teenage pregnancy rate
Adolescent mothers can be found in all regions of Guyana, but in hinterland areas, poverty and not enough open communication...
‘Operation Hernia’ a success at GPHC
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) over the past three weeks completed a back log of surgeries in its ‘Operation...
