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...
Majority of patients at COVID hospital are pregnant women
There are 38 patients currently hospitalised at the National Infectious Diseases hospital at Liliendaal, Georgetown and of that number, 23...
More than 4,700 children tested positive for COVID-19 since 2020
Since March 2020, a total of 4,766 children across Guyana have been infected with the novel coronavirus, according to the...
Teen with Lupus to get kidney from father, but public support needed
Adaicia Semple is a 16-year-old from Tempie Village, West Coast Berbice. She was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Lupus, a...
More COVID deaths, 89 new cases recorded
The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported that two persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died on November 24. The...
November COVID-19 death toll moves to 50; 79 new cases
A 55-year-old fully vaccinated man from Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death, according to information provided...
More Pfizer vaccines expected but no word on special doses for children aged 5 to 11
Another shipment of the US-made Pfizer vaccines is expected in “early December” but there is no clear indication when the...
Region Six women latest COVID-19 deaths
Two elderly women, age 93 and 71, have died from COVID-19, taking the country’s death toll to 979 since the...
Reg. Two among the regions with low vaccination rate
Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam) has become one of the regions where fewer residents have been getting vaccinated, and if these...
Local clinic boosts services with ISO 9001:2015 standard
Dr. Shiwnandan’s Clinic, located on Thomas Street, Georgetown, has become the ninth company to be certified by Global Compliance Service...
Malaria detected among Venezuelan migrants in Region One
Malaria, the disease that plagues the hinterland regions, has been detected among the Venezuelan migrants who have settled in Anabisi,...
Woman, 48, latest COVID-19 death; 31 new cases
A 48-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death, according to information provided by the...
Nearly 200 migrants living in poor conditions to access healthcare at Port Kaituma
An estimated 198 Venezuelan migrants, including dozens of children, who have settled in Anabisi, Port Kaituma in the North West...
Some people fully vaccinated with Sputnik V can get J&J as booster dose
Some people who have been fully vaccinated with the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine can receive the single-dose Johnson and Johnson...
Four more die from COVID, 52 new cases recorded
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to 976 with the addition of four more deaths – three men and a...
Sick, malnourished Venezuelan children found in Reg. 1 get immediate aid; more relief to be dispatched
Some 20 Venezuelan children who were found sick and malnourished at Anabisi, Port Kaituma in the North West District of...
Man, 77, dies from COVID-19; 89 new cases
A 77-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica), who is partially vaccinated, is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death reported by the...
Emergency support in Reg. 1 for sick, starved migrants from Venezuela
See below full statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister: The Government of Guyana is aware of the...
3 more unvaccinated people die from COVID; 94 new cases recorded
Three more unvaccinated people who tested positive for COVID-19 died on Friday, taking the country’s death toll to 971. These...
