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...
53 inmates undergoing treatment for Chickenpox at Lusignan Prison – Health Ministry
See the full statement issued by the Ministry of Health: Contrary to a statement issued by the PNC/APNU, the...
Gov’t appoints Bangladeshi agency to recruit healthcare workers
Read full statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the circulation of a letter on the...
GPHC now officially certified as a kidney transplant centre
The country’s healthcare system is constantly being boosted to meet international standards and now the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)...
Death of Baby Boy: Autopsy inconclusive, family says no word yet from authorities
The post-mortem examination conducted on the body of 19-month-old Kayden Munroe was inconclusive but additional body samples were sent for...
Health Ministry promises ‘fair, independent’ probe into death of baby boy
See below full release issued by the Ministry of Health: In accordance with the Laws of Guyana, the Ministry of...
Family claims gross negligence in death of baby boy at ‘Best Hospital’
By Fareeza Haniff fareeza@newsroom.gy Nineteen-month-old Kayden Munroe was a healthy baby boy until he took his Yellow Fever and MMR...
GPHC receives US$100,000 in HPV & cervical cancer screening equipment
In an effort to strengthen its fight against cervical cancer, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday received US$100,000...
First Lady donates ambulance to GPHC’s paediatric ward
[Office of the First Lady Press Release] – First Lady Mrs Arya Ali today donated an ambulance to the paediatric...
Costly HPV tests to become free at regional hospitals
Efforts in the fight against cervical cancer in Guyana is expanding and soon the costly test for the Human Papilloma...
Smoke caused by Suriname drought affecting Upper Corentyne residents
A thick smoke cloud suspected to be as a result of drought and fires in Suriname is affecting residents living...
‘Cheaper to prevent cervical cancer than treat it’ – Health Minister promotes HPV vaccine
It is cheaper help persons protect themselves from cervical cancer with a free Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine than it...
Lusignan Prison gets new pharmacy
In an effort to ensure that advanced healthcare is accessible to inmates, a new pharmacy was on Thursday established at...
U.S. donates COVID-19 pill to treat 1,000 patients
The United States government has donated Paxlovid, a COVID-19 treatment pill to Guyana, providing enough medication to treat 1,000 patients....
Diabetic patients, amputees grateful for prosthetic capacity building programme
Over 30 amputees who seek physiotherapy at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, Georgetown, this week received capacity-building training to strengthen...
Unprovoked seizures? Doctors say epilepsy awareness needed
Guyana on Monday joined the world in raising awareness of a commonly misunderstood condition – epilepsy. Doctors attached at the...
New Amsterdam Hospital to be teaching facility with support from UWI Medical School
A new hospital being constructed at New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) will also be a training hospital run...
More men dying from prostate cancer- Health Minister
Breast, prostate and cervical cancers account for the largest number of cancer deaths locally but Minister of Health Dr. Frank...
Health workers being trained to properly collect sexual assault evidence
Healthcare workers, particularly those in emergency rooms, are being trained to properly collect sexual assault evidence as part of a...
