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...
Dumping of garbage in capital city needs to stop; Edghill disgusted
Garbage pile-up across the capital city of Georgetown continues to be an eyesore and Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill,...
COVID-19: All eligible children in Reg. 9 vaccinated with first Pfizer dose
All of the children in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) who are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines- that is, children...
$31M oxygen plant to reduce cost of treating COVID patients, but shipping delayed
An oxygen plant, valued at about US$150,000 (or GY $31 million), is being donated to help treat COVID-19 patients at...
Former US secretary of state dies of COVID complications
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has died aged 84 of COVID-19 complications, his family has announced. He was...
Four more unvaccinated people die from COVID
Four more people, who were not vaccinated, have died from COVID-19 taking October’s death toll to 71 while the number...
Region Six to get new nursing school – Pres. Ali
A new nursing school will be constructed in Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) as part of efforts to integrate more...
Woman, 45, among 4 new COVID deaths; 122 new cases
A 45-year-old woman from Region Three (Essequibo Islands- West Demerara) is among the four latest COVID-19 deaths reported by the...
Developing healthcare workers, new facilities part of plans to develop world-class health sector – Pres. Ali
President Dr Irfaan Ali told residents of Lethem in Region Nine (Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo) that several public and private...
Five more die from COVID, 108 new cases
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 862 with the addition of five more deaths recorded from October 11 to October...
Guyanese woman tells her story of living with brittle bone disease
By Danielle Swain danielle@newsroom.gy Stacy Johnson, a young Guyanese woman, has chronicled her story of living with the genetic bone...
Boy, 4, among six COVID-19 deaths in one day
A four-year-old boy from Region One (Barima- Waini) is among six more COVID-19 deaths, the Ministry of Health said on...
Almost 4,000 active COVID cases; 44% of adults fully ‘vaxed’
With hospitalisation numbers up, statistics from the Ministry of Health reveal that there are a total of 3,798 active COVID-19...
$2.1B earmarked for further vaccination rollout; Guyana already received 1M+ vaccines
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy An additional $2.1 billion could be required to secure more COVID-19 vaccines and advance the administration...
3 more COVID deaths; 150 new cases, 36 in ICU
Three more persons have succumbed to the dreaded COVID-19 virus, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday, increasing Guyana’s over...
Guyana getting more free vaccines from COVAX
Guyana was initially allocated 100,800 vaccines through the COVAX facility but the country has already received more than 300,000 COVID-19...
Higher percentage of people need to be vaccinated for herd immunity
The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, has become the more dominant, deadly strain of...
Six more COVID deaths; 75 new cases, 33 in ICU
Six more persons died from COVID-19 taking Guyana’s overall death toll since March 2020 to 848, the Ministry of Health...
Full-time doctor, maternal services at $25M refurbished Better Hope health centre
A full-time doctor and other healthcare workers, in addition to a clinic for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, are among the...
