COVID-19: More than 420 new infections recorded; active cases now over 6,200

Guyana has recorded an additional 425 cases of COVID-19, taking the number of active cases in the country to over 6,200, Health Minister, Dr...

COVID-19 Update: Three new cases reported; total number of confirmed cases now 300

Three new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed from the 78 tests done within the last 24 hours, bringing the...

Diamond ‘Smart Hospital’ almost complete

Transforming the Diamond Diagnostic Centre into a Smart Hospital is near completion with minor exterior works remaining. This was relayed by Minister of Health,...

National Recount, Day 14: 76 boxes completed

Ballots contained in 76 boxes were counted today as Day 14 of the recount of votes cast in the March General and Regional Elections...

Increasing number of young men are victims of heart disease

Even as the Ministry of Public Health implements measures to combat chronic non communicable diseases , an increasing number of young men are being...

Guyana secures HPV-9 vaccine at 96% discount, launches nationwide cervical cancer fight

The Ministry of Health has introduced the Human Papillomavirus-9 (HPV-9) vaccine to fight cervical cancer, obtaining 50,000 doses at a lower cost from Merck...

Guyana, Hess Corporation, Mount Sinai ink US$125M MoU to extend National Healthcare Initiative 

The Government of Guyana, Hess Corporation, and Mount Sinai Health System have signed a landmark US$125 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to extend the...

COVID-19: Guyana gets 67,537 more doses of Sputnik V

The Government on Monday received a consignment of 67,537 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, another quota of the 200,000 vaccine doses it purchased...

Health Ministry in ‘SMART Hospital’ Promotion Mode

SMART Hospitals are increasingly viewed as being at the intersection of medicine, information, health, and business using information, communication and technology (ICT) to support...

COVID-19: GAWU calls on GuySuCo to temporarily suspend operations

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), today, wrote to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)’s Chief Industrial Relations Manager, Deodat Sukhu, calling on...

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