PPP/C’s COVID- 19 Multi-stakeholders’ Response Forum launches 24-hour “doctors online” initiative
Days after the opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), created the National Multi-stakeholders’ Response Forum (NMRF), the forum’s Health Sub-Committee has now launched the...
Guyana secures £124M UK financing for specialized paediatric and maternal facility
The Guyana Government has secured a £124M investment from the United Kingdom's credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), to finance in the next two...
COVID-19: G/T vaccination centres to operate until 8pm from this weekend; 7.9% of adult...
Working hours of vaccination sites in the Capital will be extended to 8pm from this weekend, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said during today’s...
Discussions commence for creation of Presidential Advisory Council on Medicine and Science
President, Dr Irfaan Ali recently held discussions with two US-based scholars—Professor James Allison and Guyanese-born Professor Padmanee Sharma, on the development of a Presidential...
COVID-19 Update: No new cases recorded; hinterland residents urged to desist from crossing into...
As of today, June 2, there are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The number of positive cases remains at 153, inclusive of 12 deaths...
Faith leaders committed to engaging media on HIV response
Guyanese faith leaders were among the batch of persons exposed to training offered by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS...
Govt actively exploring telemedicine techniques – Min. Anthony
The PPP/C Administration is actively exploring the implementation of remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology.
Termed telemedicine, the new undertaking...
Changes in place to improve delivery of service at NA Hospital
A new building for the New Amsterdam (NA) Hospital in Region Six is being touted by health officials.
The current building is occupied by the...
Over 3,200 individuals to be trained in medical programmes
The government plans to train over 3,200 more individualsin several medical programmes this year to improve healthcare service delivery nationwide.
Some $852 million has been...
Other CARICOM countries seeing decline in COVID-19 cases, but not Guyana – Chief Medical...
Guyana continues to chalk up more COVID-19 cases while other countries in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are experiencing a decline, says Chief Medical Officer...
