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...
‘Vaccination saved my life’ – Egbert Field relives trauma after surviving COVID-19
By Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.gy Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Egbert Field has survived Prostate...
Proof of vaccination required to access all CARICOM offices
See below full statement from the CARICOM Secretariat: The CARICOM Secretariat has instituted measures as of 1 October, 2021 with...
Barbados getting 7,000 J&J vaccines from Guyana; sick persons at home to benefit
Guyana will be sending 7,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Barbados on Tuesday, as part of...
Scores benefit from Rotary Demerara’s medical outreach in Malali and Muritaro
The Rotary Club of Demera conducted another medical outreach in the Upper Demerara region, by visiting the communities of Malali...
Two more COVID deaths, 52 new cases, 29 in ICU
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has moved to 842 with two new deaths recorded on October 10. The Ministry of Health...
Wakapoa village among COVID hotspots
The indigenous village of Wakapoa, located in the Pomeroon River, Region Two, is among several COVID-19 hotspot communities in Guyana....
“Cultivate optimism”- MHSSS urges on World Mental Health Day 2021
(Message from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security on the occasion of World Mental Health Day 2021) The...
Five more COVID deaths, 130 new cases
Five additional persons have died from COVID-19 pushing Guyana’s total deaths to 840, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday....
Man, 21, among 10 COVID deaths; 229 new cases, 29 in ICU
Ten additional people have died from COVID-19 pushing Guyana’s total deaths to 835, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday....
Challenging a paper-based system: Misplaced vaccine cards & revaccination
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Mohammed (not real name) is a 27-year-old porter who lives in a community on the East...
Only int’l travelers with WHO-approved vaccines allowed in US; no to Sputnik V
Click this link to see the seven vaccines approved by WHO. (Reuters) The United States will accept the use by...
Guyana receives over 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines from COVAX
The U.S. Embassy announces the donation by the United States Government of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as...
Four more COVID deaths; 162 new cases, 30 in ICU
Four more persons died from COVID-19 pushing Guyana’s total deaths to 825. Of the four deaths – three women and...
COVID-19: About half of prison population vaccinated
Director of Prisons (ag) Nicklon Elliot says that approximately 55 per cent of the prison population have been fully vaccinated...
Five-year study on suicide risk factors to commence in November
A five-year study with researchers from Columbia University in the United States and representatives from the Ministry of Health is...
5 more unvaccinated die from COVID; 224 new cases, 32 in ICU
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 821 with the addition of five new deaths recorded on October 6 and...
Guyana to be removed from UK red list from Monday
(BBC) – The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven,...
Patient found dead in GPHC washroom
See below full statement issued by GPHC: At approximately 11:05 a.m. today, October 7, the body of a female patient...
