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...
Rupununi communities to test new tech-focused health plan
Four small, far-flung communities in Region Nine (Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo) will be part of a Ministry of Health trial...
Two die from COVID, 69 new cases recorded
Two unvaccinated men are the latest COVID-19 fatalities, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday. The men, a 76-year-old from...
Gov’t orders monkeypox vaccines, sets up isolation area at Liliendaal hospital
Although there is no one infected with monkeypox in Guyana, the government has ordered vaccines to bolster ongoing efforts meant...
62 new COVID cases, two patients in ICU
A total of 62 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health’s...
Health Ministry in partnership to stop nurses from taking up overseas offers
The departure of local nurses from the profession is a growing problem that Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony hopes to...
Upgraded US$1.2M Leonora ‘smart hospital’ commissioned
As part of the Smart Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean Project, the upgraded Leonora Cottage Hospital was officially handed...
63 new COVID cases, two patients in ICU
A total of 63 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on...
Guyana receives timely donation of paediatric COVID vaccines from U.S
The Guyana Government on Tuesday received 52,800 doses of the Pfizer special (paediatric) COVID-19 children’s vaccines from the U.S Government...
Seven new COVID infections, one in ICU
Seven more persons were infected with COVID-19, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday. With these new cases, infections recorded...
$100K cash grant for children with disabilities will be distributed next week – Dr. Persaud
Starting next week, the government’s one-off $100,000 cash grant for children living with disabilities will be distributed across the country,...
Unvaccinated man, 87, is latest COVID death
An unvaccinated man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) died after he was infected with the disease, COVID-19 on August 06....
43 new COVID cases, one in ICU
A total of 43 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health’s...
Close to 3,000 Guyanese benefited from over $956M in financial medical assistance since 2020
Some 2,728 Guyanese were able to access medical assistance from the health ministry’s medical treatment department at a cost of...
74 new COVID cases, one in ICU
A total of 74 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health’s...
Smart upgrade wraps up at Leonora Hospital, commissioning set for next week
Residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) will begin to benefit from the newly upgraded smart hospital at Leonora, West...
61 New COVID cases, one patient in ICU
A total of 61 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health’s...
Minister Singh delivers supplies to Regional Health Department in Reg. Six
See the full statement from the Ministry of Financebelow: Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility...
102 new COVID infections, one in ICU
102 persons tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard issued on Wednesday. With these...
