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...
Capoey Village benefits from medical outreach
In an endeavor to bridge the healthcare gap and ensure that remote and secluded communities receive essential medical services, US-based...
Evaluation of health service regulations underway
To assess Guyana’s compliance with regulations in the provision of health care services and provide recommendations where needed, the Pan-American...
More than 300 people infected with dengue last week
Guyana, like many other countries in South America, recorded a substantial increase in the number of persons affected by dengue...
Mahdia Tragedy: Teen receiving treatment abroad to return home next month
The 13-year-old girl receiving life-saving treatment in New York after suffering severe burns in the horrific fire at the female...
Health Minister assures discrepancy with nurses’ salary increases being sorted
Despite major salary increases for nurses announced at the end of last year, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has said...
Young adult male is T&T’s third monkeypox case
(Loop News) Just under a week since the first case of the monkeypox (Mpox) virus was confirmed in Trinidad and...
Guyana guarding against imported cases of Monkeypox, health officials at all ports of entry
With no cases of monkeypox in Guyana, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Monday said health officials at airports and...
Elimination of HIV, malaria & leprosy attainable throughout Guyana – Health Minister
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday told Regional Health Officers to maintain a proactive approach in ensuring Guyana eliminates...
Guyana still waiting on Monkeypox vaccines from PAHO
Guyana is still awaiting the delivery of Monkeypox vaccines it ordered via the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in September...
Hospital staff to be fired after probe into powerlifter’s death found he left patients unattended
The services of an attendant at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre are up for termination after a recent probe found that...
Fewer child deaths & higher life expectancy in Guyana – Pres. Ali says
President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said Guyana’s health sector is showing substantial improvements based on data for some key...
With nurses ‘doubling up’ shifts, Guyana looks to Cuba for short-term help
Guyana, like many other countries in the Caribbean, is faced with a shortage of nurses and with some of these...
Second monkeypox case detected in T&T
(Loop News) A second case of Monkeypox (Mpox) virus was confirmed via laboratory testing in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday....
T&T records first case of monkeypox
(Loop News) Trinidad and Tobago has its first confirmed case of Monkeypox (Mpox) virus. The Ministry of Health advised that the...
Cow tissue used to reconstruct man’s heart
The Caribbean Heart Institute’s (CHI) team led by CEO and Guyanese born heart surgeon Dr. Gary Stephens, successfully conducted an...
Guyana/Rwanda/Barbados looking at ‘procurement mechanism’ to manufacture vaccines in Caribbean
By Fareeza Haniff in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago fareeza@newsroom.gy As talks continue between Guyana, Rwanda and Barbados to...
Guyana gets first open-heart surgeon
See below full release from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation: As Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) continues to make strides...
More operating rooms, ICU beds part of major expansion at GPHC
Massive improvements and expansions are planned for the operating rooms, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and human resources at the Georgetown...
