Chronic Kidney Disease affects estimated 15 percent of Guyanese population – Minister
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) characterised by the gradual loss of kidney function. It can span from months to years...
Team dispatched to home of Coronavirus victim; contact tracing to be done
A medical team has been dispatched to the home of a deceased woman who tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), President David Granger...
COVID-19: Over 30 students test positive; monitoring ongoing at dormitory schools
Some 32 students who attend dormitory schools have been tested positive for COVID-19, says Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony during today's update. He said...
Increased global action needed to tackle food security, effects of climate change – Dr....
The COVID-19 pandemic has made one sobering reality clear to world leaders: Their collective effort over the years has not been enough to properly...
Medical Centre to drop dialysis cost from 2019
In what it calls “a gesture of goodwill and care”, the Doobay Medical Research Centre will be reducing the cost of accessing dialysis –...
Guyana gets $130M IDB loan to improve COVID-19 response
Guyanese authorities are now on course to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its public policy and fiscal management response to the COVID-19 pandemic...
With 107 cases last year, Health Ministry moves to launch “aggressive” prostate cancer campaign...
With prostate cancer on the rise in Guyana, the country’s Health Ministry will be collaborating with a local non-governmental organization to launch a special...
Eight ranks from Presidential Guard unit test positive for Covid – 19
As result of the presence of covid-19 in Guyana, the Presidential Guard Unit in conformity with the guidelines given by the Ministry of Health,...
National Recount, Day 14: 76 boxes completed
Ballots contained in 76 boxes were counted today as Day 14 of the recount of votes cast in the March General and Regional Elections...
COVID-19: 14-month-old baby among six more fatalities, over 860 new cases recorded
Six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to
1081.
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