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...
Eight more die from COVID-19; 86 new cases recorded
Another eight individuals, including four men and four women, died during the first week of November, taking the overall death...
Exemptions granted for some partially vaccinated Guyanese to travel back to Guyana
The Ministry of Health, through the office of the Chief Medical Officer (ag) Dr. Narine Singh, has granted travel exemptions...
Woman, 22, among COVID deaths; 64 new cases recorded
A 22-year-old woman from Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) is among three women who have succumbed to the dreaded COVID-19 virus. The...
100-Y-0 woman among 2 COVID deaths; 129 new cases recorded
November’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to four after two more people died on November 03 and 04, the Ministry...
Partially vaccinated Guyanese stuck in US; second dose Sputnik woes continue
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Some Guyanese who are partially vaccinated – that is, they have only received one dose of...
Britain approves Merck’s COVID-19 pill in world first
Nov 4 (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19...
Two COVID deaths; 81 new cases recorded
An unvaccinated man from Region One (Barima-Waini) and a fully vaccinated woman from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) died from COVID-19 on...
WHO grants emergency approval for India’s Covaxin COVID-19 jab
(Aljazeera) The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency use listing for India’s Covaxin vaccine against COVID-19. The jab...
Ministry reports COVID death from August after verification exercise
The Ministry of Health is reporting that an 84-year-old died from COVID-19 in August. This means that the death toll...
Harmon pledges support to govt’s COVID-19 vaccination drive – GCCI
See below full statement issued by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI): The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce &...
Guyana records decline in COVID cases, hospitalisations and deaths
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit these shores in March 2020, Guyana is now seeing a decline...
Benn suggests ‘trauma kits’ for cops responding to accidents
In an effort to reduce deaths caused by road accidents, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has suggested that police...
Post mortem shows blood clot, hole in heart caused deaths of mother, newborn
The post mortems conducted on the bodies of 24-year-old Devi Samaroo and her newborn baby girl found that the baby...
Five die from COVID-19 in one day, 36 new infections recorded
Five more people succumbed to the dreaded COVID-19 virus on October 31 increasing the country’s overall death to 925, the...
Everyone 12 years and older can now receive a Pfizer vaccine
The Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has announced that all individuals aged 12 years and older can now receive...
‘People had a long time to get themselves in order’ – Health Minister on new COVID guidelines
The updated COVID-19 Emergency Measures took effect from Monday, November 1 and Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says that no...
7 more people die from COVID, 6 were unvaccinated
Seven more people died from COVID-19 between October 19 and 30, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday. The latest...
Young mother, newborn die hours apart at NA hospital
An investigation has been launched into the death of a 24-year-old mother and her newborn at the New Amsterdam Hospital...
