Processing 500+ tests per day: GPHC’s Medical Laboratory credits efficiency to GYS 170 Certification...
The Georgetown Public Hospital’s Medical Laboratory processes over five hundred (500) medical samples daily. This is done in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)...
370 breast, cervical and prostate cancer cases recorded this year – Minister Anthony
Breast cancer remains the most prevalent type of cancer in Guyana, with some 161 persons diagnosed this year. According to Health Minister, Dr Frank...
Over 7,000 G/town residents have improved access to primary healthcare
- $18 million North East La Penitence Health Centre reopens
Approximately 7,651 residents from the East Ruimveldt to Lamaha Park stretch and beyond now have...
Jagdeo affirms equal pay for Bangladeshi healthcare workers being imported to meet growing demand
In a press conference on Thursday, Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, addressed the opposition’s criticism of the government's decision to recruit healthcare workers from...
Gov’t improving services at National Psychiatric Hospital
Mental Health remains a priority area for the government, and the Ministry of Health has committed to improving the delivery of mental health services...
Remarks by Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, on the observation of Vaccination Week...
Remarks by Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, on the observation of Vaccination Week in the Americas 2020:
— THEME: Love. Protect. Trust, Get Vax
Fellow...
Response Plan in effect to guard against imported measles – Health Ministry
Guyana has in place a response plan aimed at helping to protect its borders and residents from the threat of imported measles.
Among the target...
Audit unearths additional $1.1B in expired medication; Minister says it was inherited from APNU+AFC
An audit conducted by the Health Ministry into the drug stock of the 10 regions has unearthed an additional $1.1B in expired items. Making...
GPHC records significant increase in CT scans since cost has been removed from backs...
Advisor to the Health Sector Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said the Georgetown Public Hospital conducts just about 2000 CT scans per month. Ramsammy pointed out...
Two more die of COVID-19; 89 new cases recorded
Two more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
