COVID-19: More tests done in January 2022 alone than entire 2020; 145 persons hospitalised
Some 55,429 COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far for the month of January this year, surpassing the number of tests conducted for the...
COVID-19 Update: No new cases; eight more recover
Director of Primary Health Care, Dr Ertenisa Hamilton says that there are no new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. The number of persons...
GPHC Orthopaedic Team helps more patients walk pain-free
While many people spent the last weekend resting or enjoying time with their families, a dedicated team of surgeons, nurses, anaesthetists, physiotherapists, and support...
COVID-19 Update: Two more die; 149 new cases recorded
Two more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the death toll to 419. The latest fatalities are...
Helplines and services for persons looking to quit tobacco use on the cards
The setting up of helplines and services for persons looking to quit tobacco is on The National Tobacco Control Council’s 2020 agenda, which is...
33 patients receive prosthetic limbs
Today, at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, the Ministry of Health's Disability and Rehabilitation Services held the closing ceremony for a four-day Prosthetic Capacity...
Guyana gets 52,800 more COVID-19 vaccines for children
Guyana has received another 52,800 Pfizer injections to further accelerate its efforts to inoculate all of the nation’s children ages 5 to 11 against...
Programme to break Leprosy transmission in households to be rolled out this year –...
Persons living among those diagnosed with Leprosy will soon have access to preventative measures to “break the chain of transmission” as the Health Ministry...
Some things to note in the case of a head injury
Our head houses our brain which functions as our main control centre. Every single thought and action that we perform is derived from this...
COVID-19: Over 2,100 adolescents receive first jab of Pfizer; campaign to reach Region Three...
The Government of Guyana’s vaccination drive for adolescents is moving apace with some 2,176 persons already in receipt of a first dose of the...
