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...
US surgeons in Guyana to perform over 50 hernia operations
Numerous hernia operations will be carried out by an expert Northwell Health surgical team during their six-day mission in Guyana...
Mahdia tragedy: Teen flown to NY expected to make full recovery, will be discharged soon
The 13-year-old girl who had to be flown to New York for life-saving treatment after suffering severe burns in the...
Palms Rehab. Center receives 17-seat bus from U.S. Embassy
See below press release issued by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security: In the spirit of partnership and...
Telemedicine expands to villages affected by Mahdia tragedy
Acknowledging the importance of telemedicine in Guyana, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday said the service was expanded to...
Health Ministry updates recommendations, response to provide universal healthcare
Recognising the shortcomings of access to healthcare, new recommendations and tangible measures now make up the Health Ministry’s Family Planning...
Guyana better equipped to treat HIV with upgraded viral load machine- Dr Anthony
The long-promised relief for thousands of persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to get access to routine CD4...
Probe into powerlifter’s death: Authorities awaiting statement from relatives
The authorities probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Rawndel Clementson are still awaiting a statement from relatives to move...
‘PrEP for Sex’ packages available for HIV at-risk persons
Although the medication pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been introduced in Guyana two years ago, the National Aids Programme Secretariat (NAPS)...
Former Barbados PM Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford dies
See below a CARICOM statement on the passing of the Former Prime Minister of Barbados Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford: The...
‘Comprehensive’ approach needed to tackle drug abuse-Dr Anthony
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has underscored the need for a comprehensive approach to stem the use of illicit...
Baby born with rare ‘tail’ successfully treated by GPHC team
A baby who was born with an abnormal spine, leading to the emergence of a tail, was successfully treated by...
Authorities probing powerlifter’s death after relatives complain of poor care at Diamond hospital
Regional Health Officer of Region Four, Dr. Gavinash Persaud on Friday said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death...
More children in Guyana are becoming obese
More children in Guyana are presenting with obesity due to bad eating habits they have developed, but according to a...
NAPS tackles stigma against people with HIV in updated Workplace Policy
As part of efforts to renew the policies that promote fair and just responses to HIV- positive employees, the National...
Healthier and happier: Surgical weight loss patients recount life-changing surgery
Patients who underwent minimally invasive weight loss surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), say the healthy lifestyle they...
More surgeons being trained to perform weight loss surgery at GPHC
By Lazeena Yearwood Lazeena@newsroom.gy Over a year ago, the first-ever weight loss surgery was conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital...
Nurses may soon benefit from additional training- Dr. Anthony
Locally-registered nurses may soon benefit from postgraduate education programmes that will help them to develop new skills while enhancing the quality...
$73M ‘first of its kind’ Learning Lab commissioned for persons living with disabilities
In a bid to improve and help develop the lives of persons living with disabilities, the Ministry of Human Services...
