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...
150 student nurses to resit exams; Education Ministry facilitating process
The Ministry of Education will be assisting the Public Health Ministry to facilitate the rewriting of the nurses’ examination, following...
The ABCD’s of Cancer- Giving Hope Foundation and Rotaract Club (Georgetown Central) Initiative
By Delicia Bailey The importance of routine screening and early detection of cancer has become more relevant even as...
Legislation forthcoming to outlaw organ trafficking & regulate organ donation
A release from the Ministry of Public Health today said Guyana will soon draft legislation to outlaw commercial human organ...
Issues of stigma and discrimination need to be tackled head on- PAHO/WHO Rep.
Guyanese are being urged to move away from stigma and discrimination of persons living with Leprosy and their families even...
New Health Minister fixing procurement issues- Moves office to Drug Bond
It is the aim of recently appointed Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, to correct deficiencies in the procurement and...
Free Cancer screening tomorrow
By Delicia Bailey Guyanese, particularly those in the capital can make use of a free cancer-screening clinic being hosted at...
Giftland mall pushing to surpass last year’s target with annual blood drive
The Giftland Mall located at Liliendaal; East Coast Demerara through its Occupational Safety and Health Committee today (January 27, 2017)...
INTERNATIONAL: Georgia storms: At least 11 dead in US state
BBC NEWS -Severe weather has killed 11 people and injured 23 in the US state of Georgia, emergency officials said....
Let’s talk heartburn
By Correspondent At some point in your life, you might have heard some persons complaining that they have constant heartburn....
Again, we just experienced the hottest year on record
(CNN) Last year was officially the Earth’s warmest since record-keeping began in the 1880s. That means 2016 set a global...
Food & Drug department warns against purchasing of items without manufacturer details
The Government Analyst- Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) on Tuesday issued an advisory against the purchasing of substandard food, drug,...
Former Health Minister not giving up call for higher taxes on tobacco
As the death toll related to tobacco increases, a former Health Minister believes it is an issue Guyana should tackle...
Milk containing 5 % fat from Kingdom of Bahrain refused entry into Guyana
The Government Analyst -Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has refused entry into Guyana one 20ft container containing 7200 of Awal...
26 new solar-powered bus sheds equipped with charging ports for 2017
Soon you will be able to charge your mobile devices at bus sheds in and around the city as the...
Rainfall anticipated over the next four days
Continuous precipitation anticipated for the next four days, according to the National Weather Watch Center. According to the Ministry of...
Salvation Army to receive $10 million from Gov’t
The Salvation Army will be receiving $10M from the Government to continue its Rehabilitation Programme for 2017. This support was...
FLOOD UPDATE; Two city pumps down
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is reporting that the Lamaha Street and River View pumps are down. This was discovered...
Sardines from China refused entry
The Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has refused entry to 1700 cases of ‘Dost’ sardine imported from the...
