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...
Balwant Singh’s Hospital offering new pap smear service
See the full statement below: Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital is proud to announce “Liqui prep- Pap Smears” more formally known as...
For more accurate diagnosis, Eureka Labs using PCR to test for 12 common STIs
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for molecular diagnostic testing and now and the Eureka Medical Laboratories...
30 new COVID cases recorded
A total of 30 people were infected with the novel coronavirus based on information provided by the Ministry of Health...
BUDGET 2023: New hospitals, training health workers part of focus with $84.9B health sector allocation
Guyana’s health sector was allocated $84.9 billion with significant sums being directed towards the creation of much-needed hospitals and training...
CNOOC Petroleum Guyana starts Medical Assistance Fund with Chinese Medical Brigade
CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) has started a medical assistance fund with a donation of GYD $2,000,000 on Friday to...
Two men die from COVID
The Ministry of Health on Friday reported that two men who were infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the...
Random visits to health centres to guarantee constant supply of needed medicine, good service
Health centres across the country will be the subject of random visits as the Health Ministry hopes to accurately assess...
Hundreds COVID-positive but Health Minister thinks a lot more out there
More than 300 people are currently infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 but Minister of Health...
Unvaccinated man, 65, dies from COVID
An unvaccinated man, 65, from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) died on January 8 after he was infected with the novel...
New medical, nursing services directors appointed at GPHC
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday announced Dr. Navindranauth Rambaran as the Director of Medical and Professional Services...
Guyana rescinds COVID test entry requirement for travellers from China
The National COVID-19 Taskforce has rescinded an order that all travellers coming to Guyana from China must provide a negative...
More than 600 fish species found during much-needed research in Guyana
By Lazeena Yearwood Lazeena@newsroom.gy Some 659 fish species were found and documented during research efforts conducted in Guyana by foreign...
Two more pregnant women die at GPHC
Two more maternal deaths involving a 31-year-old woman and a 25-year-old woman were recorded at the Georgetown Public Hospital this...
Region Two man dies from COVID
A 75-year-old man from Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam) who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, the Ministry of Health reported...
7,000 ‘special’ COVID vaccines coming; Guyana sees increase in severe cases
Some 7,000 special Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccines are expected to arrive in Guyana in the last week of January. Health...
Guyana now wants negative COVID test for all travelers from China
See below full statement from the National COVID-19 Task Force: Variants of the SARS-CoC-2 virus continue to emerge worldwide. In...
Cardiology specialist to return to Guyana after completing studies in Cuba
Dr. Suruj Harrichand, who recently completed specialist training in cardiology from the University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara, Cuba...
Three unvaccinated people die from COVID
Three people – one man and two women – who were infected with the novel coronavirus have died, according to...
