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...
All positive COVID-19 pregnant women have recovered
Two weeks after several pregnant women were hospitalised with COVID-19 at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Health...
Guyana gets more Pfizer vaccines from COVAX
Guyana received another 42,120 doses of the US-made Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA)....
Two men die from COVID; 57 new infections
A 71-year-old fully vaccinated man from Region Three (Essequibo Island-West Demerara) and an 83-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica)...
COVID-19: All adults can get booster shots now
All individuals aged 18 years and older, who have received their first set of COVID-19 vaccines, are now eligible for...
Unvaccinated woman, 74, among two new COVID deaths; 42 new cases
An 74-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) and a 76-year-old man also from Region Four are Guyana’s latest...
From yoga to healthy eating, Pres. Ali tells young people to develop wellness industry
Several of Guyana’s productive sectors are poised to develop significantly over the next few years but President Dr. Irfaan Ali...
Man, 82, among three more COVID deaths; 50 new cases
An 82-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Five (Mahaica- Berbice) is among the three latest COVID-19 deaths reported by the Ministry...
Guyana’s COVID death toll passes 1,000; 41 new cases
A total of 1,001 people have reportedly died from the disease COVID-19 since March 2020, according to information provided by...
Woman, 54, gets advanced surgery after tummy ache signalled major complications
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Hopeful but worried. Those were the emotions 54-year-old Yourajpatti Stanwyck felt when she was told that...
Farmer thought he had kidney stones but it was a ‘ticking time bomb’
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy For much of his life, since he was a 16-year-old boy, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara farmer...
Rosemarie Ramitt: Giving visibility to the visually impaired
By Shikema Dey Shikema@newsroom.gy Twenty-six-year-old educator Rosemarie Ramitt lost her vision at the tender age of 13 after being diagnosed...
Guyana nears 1,000 COVID deaths
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to 998 with the addition of one new fatality – an unvaccinated 32-year-old man...
Beyond condoms, self-testing new tool to help fight HIV in Guyana
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy As Guyana strives to prevent HIV/AIDS and then eliminate the presence of the disease by 2030,...
Most COVID deaths from Regions 3 and 4
A total of 998 people have died since March 2020 after they were infected with COVID-19 and more than half...
With Omicron threat, all adults may soon benefit from booster shots
It is possible that all adults would soon be able to receive a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine from...
Three more die from COVID; 17 in ICU
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to 997 with the addition of three new deaths, the Ministry of Health reported...
No stamp? Health Minister says vaccination centres will stamp vaccine books
Since there are some people who received their COVID-19 vaccines but their vaccination ‘blue books’ do not have the official...
COVID-19: ‘Travel restrictions don’t stop variants’- Health Minister
It is not likely that travel restrictions will be imposed on people coming from countries where the new Omicron coronavirus...
