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...
N.A Town Council implements fines for dumping of solid waste
By Malisa Playter Harry The New Amsterdam Town Council has embarked on several initiatives in an effort to keep the town clean, including...
National Psychiatric Hospital to be boosted with 35 Patient Care Assistants
By Royan Abrams Mental Health in Guyana has become one of the most important programme on the agenda of the...
Eradication of stigma attached to Psychiatric Hospital; key focus of Mental Health month launch
By Royan Abrams The Regional Health Services in collaboration with the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital have officially launched Mental Health...
Residents of Andy Ville, Linden to get access to running water
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is examining the possibility of providing access to running water to the residents of Andy...
Workshop on Sex Worker Implementation Tool to be held in Georgetown
The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV & AIDS, PANCAP, will be a key stakeholder at the Caribbean Sex Work Coalition SWIT (Sex...
Regional Health Services launch Mental Health week of activities
By Royan Abrams A week of activities has been planned by the Regional Health Services in Region Six to observe...
Miss World Guyana 2016 and One Act Foundation team up to host Mental Health Awareness walk
World Mental Health Day is observed on the October 10 every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness on...
Guyana needs to adopt a psycho-social approach to treating Mental Illness- Nicole Cole
Professional Clinical Social Work Practitioner, Nicole Cole during an exclusive interview with News Room on Thursday expressed her strong view...
Zika testing at local laboratories within 3 weeks
Testing for the Zika virus would be available at local laboratories within three weeks as the Public Health Ministry moves...
New maternity unit among proposals included in $2.1b budget for Region 6
By Malisa Playter Harry Health care in Region 6 is expected to take off with a boom...
Berbice Regional Health Services receives over $18M in Medical Supplies
By Malisa Playter Harry The Regional Health Services, Berbice on Tuesday received medical supplies from the Guyana Medical Relief...
New Amsterdam Hospital expanding its High Dependency Unit
By Royan Abrams The New Amsterdam Public Hospital has completed 85% of its capital works for 2016 with one of...
Hurricane Warning In Effect For Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sunday October 2, 2016 – Jamaica, Haiti, and parts of Cuba are under a hurricane warning as a...
US$12.9B pledged by donors for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
At the launch of the Global Fund’s Fifth Replenishment, donors pledged over US$12.9 billion to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria...
Guyana Cancer Foundation officially launched
Following several years of conducting cancer awareness programmes through the then Avon Community Help Fund, the Guyana Cancer Foundation (GCF)...
NCD commences survey to improve strategies
By Royan Abrams The National Commission on Disability (NCD) has commenced a countrywide survey of which results will be used...
Sophia residents to get running water in October
Residents of Sophia can expect access to running water through their taps by the second half of October. According...
NA Public Hospital receives first CT scanner valuing US$250,000
By Royan Abrams Over the years, patients sustaining serious head injuries had to be transferred from the New Amsterdam Public...
