Knee, hip replacement surgeries now free at GPHC
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Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is pleased to announce a significant enhancement to its medical services. Effective immediately,...
Guyana to receive 80,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from India next week- Dr Anthony
Guyana is expected to receive some 80,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Government of India next week, says the country's Health Minister,...
Transplantation expert helps Guyana launch deceased organ donation programme
Dr. Brian Alvarez, a distinguished member of the Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI), recently concluded a successful mission in Guyana, where he provided crucial...
81-Y-O man is latest COVID-19 fatality; death count now 610
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that one more person, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has died. This takes the...
PAHO Director calls on countries to prepare health systems to address post-COVID impacts
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the Americas, with new infections increasing by 13.9% from last week, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director,...
Gov’t commits to supporting scholars studying overseas amid COVID-19 crisis
The Department of Public Service has reaffirmed its commitment to students studying overseas on scholarships. In fact, the department said that it remains in...
Govt. rolls out new guidelines to tackle MPOX outbreak
As the global health community continues to grapple with the spread of Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, the Government of Guyana has rolled out...
CHI surgeons use cow tissue to rebuild patient’s heart
The Caribbean Heart Institute’s (CHI) team, led by CEO and Guyanese-born heart surgeon Dr. Gary Stephens, successfully conducted an open-heart surgery utilising cow tissue...
Advancement being made on self-healing capabilities
Medical Breakthrough…
Aside from striving to achieve immortality, research suggests that at the top of mankind’s scientific agenda is to find a way to be...
More men contracting COVID-19 than women – CMO
The country’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Shamdeo Persaud says that most of the persons tested positive for COVID-19, to date, are males, with...
