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...
Children 5 to 11 to get Pfizer vaccines from Nov. 19
Children aged five to 11 years old will start receiving the US- made Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from November 19, a...
119 new COVID cases; 16 in ICU
The Ministry of Health on Friday reported 119 new COVID-19 cases from a total of 1, 462 tests. This takes...
Three more die from COVID; 94 new cases
Three more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died between November 9 and November 10, the Ministry of Health reported...
Police supporting teen moms to complete school in Berbice
The police in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) are reporting three to four cases of teen pregnancy each month and this is...
US prices rising at 6.2%; highest increase in three decades
Americans’ cost of living is rising faster than it has for three decades, with food and fuel driving the increases....
Unvaccinated man from Reg. 6 dies from COVID; 134 new cases recorded
A 52-year-old unvaccinated Region Six (East-Berbice Corentyne) is the country’s latest COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health reported that the...
Health Minister says young people hesitant to take COVID jabs
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony says there is hesitancy and low vaccination rates in the 18 to 40 age...
Six COVID deaths; 48 new infections recorded
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported that six persons who tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 have died. This...
Children aged five to 11 to get vaccines by month-end; health workers being trained
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony says that children aged five to 11 years old could get their Pfizer COVID-19...
High suicide rate among Indian descendants in Guyana interests Indian researcher
The high suicide rate among people of Indian descent in Guyana is also seen in other countries where there is...
Hundreds to benefit from disability rehabilitation training
Some 500 people living with disabilities across Guyana can soon regain their independence through the Orientation and Mobility Programme aimed...
Close to 300 benefit from Rotary Club of Georgetown medical outreaches
The Rotary Club of Georgetown recently completed two successful medical outreaches in Regions Three and Five over the last month....
Three new COVID deaths; 77 new cases, 12 in ICU
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll is now 945 with the addition of three new deaths, the Ministry of Health reported on...
Slow movement on new mental health laws but Health Minister hopeful for change
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy There has been slow movement to reform the local legislation on mental health but Minister of...
Health Ministry in partnership with McMasters University to train Guyanese physicians
See below press release from the Ministry of Health: Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony made a recent trip to...
Five-year study to determine risk factors of suicide to start in January
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy A five-year study on suicide in Guyana will commence in January and is expected to determine...
Woman, 58, dies from COVID; 101 new cases recorded
A 58-year-old woman from Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) died on November 6 after she was infected with the disease...
Research team pushing to remove suicide as criminal offence
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana is among the 20 countries in the world that still considers suicide a crime, with...
