Health
Guyana advances towards a world-class organ donation, transplant system
In an effort to strengthen Guyana’s healthcare capabilities and improve patient outcomes, the Ministry of Health has launched a 31-month Initiative to build a sustainable, resilient and internationally aligned organ donation and transplantation system. Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, met with a delegation from the Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI Foundation), the Human Organ...
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...
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...
Three men die from COVID, 118 new cases recorded
Three men from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) have been recorded as Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities, the Ministry of Health...
The boy from Wowetta: He wanted to be a farmer but is now Guyana’s first plastic surgeon
By Richard Bhainie richard.bhanie@newsroom.gy Growing up on a farm in the indigenous village of Wowetta in North Rupununi, a...
Almost 8,000 children in Guyana infected with COVID since March 2020
A total of 7,831 children in Guyana have been infected with the deadly COVID-19 disease since March 2020, the Minister...
COVID: over 5,000 active cases, 17 in ICU
A 66-year-old unvaccinated woman of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) who died on February 7 is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death,...
Unvaccinated woman is latest COVID death; 196 new cases, 15 in ICU
An 89-year-old unvaccinated woman is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health reported that the woman from Region Four...
Region Two woman is latest COVID death; over 200 new infections
A 57-year-old woman from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death. The woman, who was unvaccinated, died on February...
Omicron: COVID samples ‘packed and ready’ but not yet sent for testing
About one month after it was announced that COVID-19 samples were collected and would be sent to Trinidad to confirm...
COVID: 3 more die, 432 new cases recorded
Three more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 virus, increasing Guyana’s death toll since March 2020 to 1,179. The...
Some COVID patients who died may have had fake vaccine cards – Dr. Anthony
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says that the local health authorities suspect that some of the patients who died with...
Population size, not political support, driving six new hospitals – Health Minister
The construction of six new hospitals is expected to begin this year but Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has rubbished...
COVID guidelines for children being developed as probe into deaths continue
The Ministry of Health will be developing guidelines for parents to use so that they can bring their children to...
COVID: 291 new infections, 11 in ICU
A total of 291 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Thursday, increasing Guyana’s total confirmed cases to 60,676, the Ministry...
GDF medic delivers baby en-route to Diamond Hospital
Corporal Dominique Gonsalves Sabola, a Grade ‘2’ Medic attached to the Medical Centre at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri delivered a...
Death of Port Kaituma health worker not linked to COVID vaccine – Dr. Anthony
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has debunked claims that a health worker from Port Kaituma, Region One died weeks...
COVID: 5 more die, 276 new cases, 12 in ICU
Five more persons died from COVID-19 taking Guyana’s overall death toll to 1,176, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday....
Two-month-old baby dies after ‘whitish substance’ found oozing from ear
A two-month-old baby boy died hours after a ‘whitish substance was found oozing from his ear, prompting an investigation by...
COVID-19: Three more die, 220 new cases recorded
Three more persons died from the dreaded COVID-19 taking Guyana’s overall death toll to 1,171. The latest victims are: –...
Officials at West Dem. Hospital did not report death of newborn; probe launched
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has ordered an investigation into the death of a baby boy who died hours...
