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...
Region Six woman is latest COVID death
A 40-year-old woman, whose vaccination status is unknown, is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday...
Three more people infected with COVID
Another three persons have been infected with COVID-19 after 998 tests were conducted over a 24 hours period, the Ministry...
Reduced costs for patients as Ameena Gafoor Medical and Dialysis Centre opens at Parika
Dialysis patients can now access treatment at a reduced cost in Region Three with the Ameena Gafoor Medical and Dialysis...
‘One Health’ policy to help Guyana spot diseases jumping from other animals to humans
A new ‘One Health’ policy, being developed by the Ministry of Health and the Pan- American Health Organization (PAHO), is...
Guyana hopes to detect, fight diseases more rapidly
There are numerous challenges confronting the local healthcare system and Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony believes that stronger surveillance systems...
Two Berbice men die from COVID
Two men from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) are the latest COVID-19 fatalities, the Ministry of Health on Monday reported in...
GPHC launches ‘thorough’ probe into teacher’s death
The Georgetown Public Hospital has launched a thorough investigation after a teacher died on Friday last following a surgery to...
Guyana to focus on shortcomings in data collection for diseases, outbreaks
Guyana’s Health Ministry will be collaborating with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to boost local efforts at data collection...
CIOG, Women Across Differences partners with Canadian Charity for local mental health projects
The International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF), a leading Canadian Charity with funding support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) through...
Four in COVID ICU, five new cases recorded
The number of patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit increased to four on Sunday while five new cases were...
14 new COVID cases; 3 in ICU
Fourteen new COVID cases were recorded on Saturday after 125 tests were done, taking the total number of confirmed cases...
Health Minister: ‘There seems to be a new wave’ of COVID-19 coming
With a rapid increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases recently, and suspicion that cases are being underreported, Minister...
GPHC Head promises ‘appropriate action’ after probe into maternal deaths
Internal investigations into two recent maternal deaths at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were launched this week and the...
Special unit giving Guyana’s ‘sickest babies’ better care
In 2012, exactly 10 years ago, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) established a much-needed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)...
21 more COVID infections recorded
Another 21 persons were infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday. The...
11 more COVID infections recorded
A total of 11 persons were infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on...
‘Operation Walk’ performs 55 life-changing replacement surgeries
Operation Walk, a US non-profit medical organisation performed dozens of joint replacement surgeries in Guyana, restoring mobility to some 50...
Maternal deaths: Health Ministry resolving known challenges, sanctions for negligence possible
Two recent maternal deaths raised concerns about healthcare delivery but Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony posited that the local...
