Be vigilant, less testing obscuring COVID-19 reality on ground – Minister
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony is urging citizens to exercise caution as the apparent decrease in active COVID-19 cases may not accurately reflect the...
Tobacco use declines despite tobacco industry efforts to jeopardize progress – PAHO
Globally there are 1.25 billion adult tobacco users, according to the latest estimates in the World Health Organization (WHO) tobacco trends report out two days...
Health Ministry mulls alternative housing for healthcare workers to prevent family members from contracting...
The Public Health Ministry is considering the provision of housing to healthcare workers dealing with critical cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), as...
Digicel donates $60M to health ministry to support Autistic children
The Ministry of Health and telecommunications company, Digicel today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for support in the ministry’s Disability and Rehabilitation Department.
The...
DDL donates 4,000 cases of Topco juices for Covid-19 relief
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) on Thursday announced a donation of 4,000 cases of juice to the Civil Defense Commission to assist communities in providing...
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 –...
Health Ministry partners with RAD-AID to expand Guyana’s radiology capabilities
The Health Ministry is partnering with a nonprofit organization, RAD-AID International, to increase and improve radiology capabilities and services in Guyana. The collaboration entails...
Chinese brigade plugs $28M into GPHC
With a sizeable donation valuing just over $28M, the delivery of health care at the country’s premier health facility – the Georgetown Public Hospital...
Inability to monitor incoming passengers forces Gov’t to say no to Guyanese asking to...
National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF) Chairman, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says the government will now longer ‘flex’ in allowing special flights;...
COVID-19 Update: 21 news cases reported; total of confirmed cases now 205
As of 22nd June 2020, of the 39 tests done, there have been twenty-one (21) new cases. The total number of confirmed cases is...
