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...
Guyana to deploy drones for urgent blood supply nationwide – Pres. Ali
In a bold leap into the future of healthcare delivery, President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced the rollout of...
‘The doors to hope’ – Sixth Regional Hospital at No. 75 Village commissioned
The No. 75 Village Regional Hospital is the sixth modern health facility to be commissioned in Guyana in recent months,...
25,000 patients seen at new regional hospitals; over 200 babies delivered
Within months of opening, five regional hospitals across Guyana have seen approximately 25,000 patients. This is according to President Dr...
Region Two will get College of Medical Sciences – Pres. Ali announces
Region Two has been earmarked as one of the regions to offer the University of Guyana’s (UG) College of Medical...
Modern healthcare for Essequibo as $6.6B Lima Regional Hospital opens
Public healthcare delivery on the Essequibo Coast is expected to be transformed with the official opening of the $6.6 billion...
Surgeries with the support of robots must be done in Guyana – Pres. Ali
President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Friday said Guyana’s healthcare system must become so technologically advanced that robots can assist with...
Wisroc gets new $138M fire station
To quickly respond to fire emergencies and protect lives and property, a new $138 million fire station has been commissioned...
US$5M Technical School unveiled to support national eHEALTH rollout
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has announced plans to establish a US$5 million technical school dedicated to training persons to...
New Tuschen Secondary to facilitate UG college of medical sciences in Reg 3
President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that the newly commissioned Tuschen Secondary School will be used as a branch...
Non-traditional training can address shortage of healthcare workers – Dr. Carpen
To help tackle the shortage of healthcare workers in Guyana, the Head of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Georgetown...
Heart diseases rise among younger patients – Dr. Carpen
Head of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Dr. Mahendra Carpen, is recommending routine health...
Free life-changing prosthetic limbs being provided to Guyanese amputees
More than 50 persons are set to receive costly limb prosthetics through a collaboration between India, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),...
Next PPP/C gov’t will engage CARICOM on removing tariffs on sanitary products – Jagdeo
Days after President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced that all taxes on sanitary products for women would be removed if the...
Gov’t targets full coverage at healthcare centres as medex cadre grows to 109
With the recent graduation of 29 new medex, the total number of serving medex in Guyana’s healthcare system has risen...
‘All nurses who left will come back’ – Ali tells Alexander Village
The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), which is seeking re-election, is confident that nurses and other healthcare workers who left...
Over 100 graduate from Clinical & Technical Training Programme
A batch of 140 persons who successfully completed the Ministry of Health’s clinical and technical training programme graduated on Wednesday....
16 young lives saved in 2nd paediatric cardiac mission for 2025
Sixteen children living with life-threatening heart conditions are now on the road to recovery following a week of life-saving surgeries...
‘Containerised’ health posts to aid Reg. 3 residents
With President Dr Irfaan Ali announcing the introduction of containerised healthcare posts, residents of Region Three can expect a major...
