Govt. tables agreements for construction of modern healthcare facilities across 5 regions 

Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, today tabled two agreements in the National Assembly to cater for the construction of modern...

Health Minister instructed to make global search for nurses to staff 12 hospitals-Jagdeo

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony has been given clear instructions by President Dr Irfaan Ali to recruit nurses and medical professionals from any part...

50 persons receive free joint replacement surgeries

Some 50 persons will walk pain-free this Christmas after benefitting from joint replacement surgeries free of cost, following a collaboration between the Georgetown Public...

COVID-19: 847 more cases reported as surge continues; active cases now 4,295

Guyana continues to record numbers of new COVID-19 cases with 847 confirmed in the last 24 hours, taking active cases in the country to...

COVID Update: Five more fatalities, 276 new cases recorded

Five more persons who tested positive for COVID-19, have died, taking the death count in Guyana to 1,176, the Ministry of Health has informed....

Guyana gets 1,100 COVID-19 test kits from PAHO/WHO

The Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) has donated over 1000 kits to test for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Public Health Minister Volda...

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...

Visits to GPHC for efficient healthcare to soon come to an end with US$161M...

Region Six residents will soon benefit from modernized healthcare through the US$161 million New Amsterdam Hospital being led by the Ministry of Health. The ministry...

COVID-19 Emergency Measures to be extended to June 17; seven days home quarantine for...

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Emergency Measures (No.3) published in the Official Gazette on April 29, 2020 and effective until June 3, is extended...

Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth; urgent action needed – UN...

According to a new report by United Nations (UN) agencies, "Trends in Maternal Mortality", a woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or...

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