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...
Booster shots for J&J vaccines being considered- Dr. Anthony
Guyana, like many other countries, has been administering the US-made Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccines as a single dose, but...
Elderly Home Visiting Committee providing specialised care to residents
The Elderly Home Visiting Committee, since its installment last July, has made significant progress in organising its 10-member team and...
Two unvaccinated men die from COVID-19; 37 new cases
The Ministry of Health has reported that two men, ages 66 and 80, died on Sunday after they were infected...
Man, 91, dies from COVID; 90 new cases recorded
October’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to 96 with the addition of another death recorded on Sunday, according to the...
Man, 54, dies from COVID-19; 100 new cases recorded
A 54-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) is Guyana’s 894th COVID-19 death after he succumbed to the dreaded disease on...
Over 55,000 people due for second dose AstraZeneca; more vaccines coming
More than 55,000 people are due to receive their second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and with these doses...
94 COVID deaths in 22 days; 19 in ICU
A total of 94 people have now been confirmed dead in the month of October, increasing the overall COVID-19 death...
Guyana gets 4 ambulances through US$4.8M grant from Japan
Guyana’s health service delivery received a boost with four new ambulances made possible through a US$4.8 million grant from the...
Seven-month-old baby among six COVID deaths, 74 new cases
A seven-month-old baby boy is among six new COVID-19 deaths, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday. Those deaths now...
Single mother seeks help for son born with ‘clubfoot’
When single mother Manda Baichu was pregnant with her son Divin Persaud, she never expected him to be born with...
COVID hotspots in Regions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 10
Guyana continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases and the Ministry of Health is urging people to get vaccinated....
Reg. 4 has highest COVID death rate as six more die
Six more people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died within the last 24 hours, Minister of Health Dr Frank...
Four more die from COVID-19, 118 new cases recorded
Four more persons have succumbed to COVID-19 increasing Guyana’s overall death toll to 881, according to the Ministry of Health....
Digitising vaccination records underway; to help combat forgery
Efforts to digitise the COVID-19 vaccination records are underway as the Ministry of Health continues to grapple with the forgery...
Woman, 18, among two new COVID-19 deaths; 94 new cases
An unvaccinated 18-year-old woman from Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) is among the latest COVID-19 deaths, according to information from...
Headmaster of Mackenzie High dies from COVID-19
Haslyn Small, the headmaster of the Mackenzie High School in Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice), passed away from COVID-19 on...
Five more men die from COVID-19; 59 new cases
Five men between ages 34 and 79 years are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Monday....
Delivery of medical services in Reg. One boosted with new $7.3M pick-up
The delivery of health services in Region One (Barima-Waini) has been boosted with the provision of a new Nissan Frontier...
