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...
4 pregnant women, new mothers died from COVID this year
There have been four maternal deaths recorded this year after the women were infected with COVID-19. This stark occurrence, coupled...
Pregnant, breastfeeding women no longer exempted from COVID vaccines
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Pregnant and breastfeeding women are among the groups of people who are no longer exempted from...
Health Minister: Moruca schoolboy was born with brain condition; vaccine did not trigger brain bleed
Joshua Henry, the 14-year-old schoolboy who died about 90 minutes after he received his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19...
GPHC denies mistreatment of 2-year-old
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has distanced itself from a Facebook post that alleged a two-year-old baby and his...
Cats or rats? New Amsterdam Hospital battles unwanted ‘pets’
Stray cats have been occupying the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) for a number of...
9 more COVID deaths, 250 cases; 34 in ICU
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll is now at 816 with nine more deaths recorded, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday....
Moruca schoolboy died from a brain bleed; no issues found on arm where he received jab
Joshua Henry, the 14-year-old schoolboy died because of bleeding in his brain, according to the autopsy conducted on his body....
Oxygen plant for ‘COVID’ Hospital soon – Health Minister
The government has procured an oxygen plant to help support the country’s COVID-19 response, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony...
Another four unvaccinated people die; 115 new infections
The Ministry of Health has reported that another four people, who were unvaccinated, have died after they were infected with...
Boy, 14, who died after taking Pfizer jab had heart condition
Fourteen-year-old Joshua Henry was diagnosed with a heart condition seven years ago, his father, Justin told the News Room on...
GPHC to introduce new digital perinatal database to help reduce maternal deaths
In an effort to curb maternal deaths and improve the collection of perinatal data, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)...
Risks associated with revaccination are unknown; widespread vaccination should be priority- scientist
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy The risks associated with getting revaccinated for COVID-19 are still unknown and as such, focus should...
Pfizer vaccine extended to pregnant, breastfeeding women
The rollout of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been extended to women who are pregnant and breastfeeding, Minister of Health...
Senior team from Health Ministry to probe death of Reg. 1 child
A senior team from the Ministry of Health, including Senior Pathologist Dr. Nehaul SIngh, is expected to travel to the...
Guyana exceeds 800 COVID deaths, 103 new cases recorded
Another four COVID-19 deaths have been recorded taking Guyana’s overall death toll since March 2020 to 803. The Ministry reported...
‘Many big businesses not checking for vaccination status’ – Health Minister laments
The vaccination requirements to enter most buildings remain in place throughout the month of October but Minister of Health Dr....
New vaccine cards coming as police probe more cases of forgery
A new COVID-19 vaccination card is being developed as part of efforts to curb the ongoing forgery of the COVID-19...
Three more unvaccinated people die from COVID; 186 new cases recorded
Three more unvaccinated people died from COVID-19 between October 02 and October 03, taking the country’s death toll from the...
