Gov’t. working to address resurgence of illegal pesticides, toxic chemicals trade

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha says that there is a sporadic resurgence of the illegal trade of pesticides and toxic chemicals from neighbouring countries and...

Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now 23

Guyana has recorded four additional confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), taking the total number of persons infected to 23. This was...

COVID-19: Sixteen Pregnant women hospitalised; Region Four accounts for over 48% of deaths

Health Minister, Dr Anthony reported today that there are 124 persons hospitalised with the COVID-19 virus. There are 88 patients alone at the Infectious...

HERO Medical Team scheduled to conduct 38 adult and paediatric orthopaedic surgeries

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is currently hosting the Health and Education Relief Organisation (HERO) team once again, reinforcing a long-standing and impactful...

West Demerara Regional Hospital gets $30M blood bank

  Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday commissioned a $30 million blood bank at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, in Region Three. Speaking at...

Local company submits proposal to EPA for US$29M East Bank state-of-the-art healthcare facility

Nightingale Super Specialty Hospital Inc. (NSSH) has submitted a proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the construction of a US$29M specialized hospital. NSSH,...

Gov’t mulls closure of non-essential health services to focus on COVID-19 treatment, care

Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today that non-essential health care services provided by public medical facilities may have to be closed to free...

Woman sues Balwant Singh hospital over unapproved removal of organs

Not only did they remove her organs without her permission, they failed, on several appropriate occasions, to inform her about that aspect of the...

Advancement being made on self-healing capabilities

Medical Breakthrough… Aside from striving to achieve immortality, research suggests that at the top of mankind’s scientific agenda is to find a way to be...

COVID-19: Passengers renege on promise to be quarantined after receiving special permission to return...

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has expressed dismay at the conduct and behavior of some of the passengers who sought, and were granted...

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