Arrival of oxygen plant for Guyana further delayed by logistical difficulties – Dr Anthony
The arrival of an oxygen generating plant to Guyana has been further delayed by logistical difficulties, says the country’s Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.
The...
“Enhanced” containment measures to be implemented over alarming increase in COVID-19 cases
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), the Ministry of Public Health and various other ministries and government agencies, along with non-governmental organisations last evening...
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...
“Dissatisfied” President Ali urges foreign contractor to speed up work on Ogle Maternal and...
The contractors working on the modern Maternal and Paediatric hospital at Ogle, East Coast Demerara have been urged to expedite works on the project...
City municipality launches campaign to raise awareness on crucial health issues
In an attempt to better address health issues affecting school-aged children, the Georgetown municipality has commenced a Schools Environmental Health Education campaign to target...
Gov’t to introduce six simulation centres for hands-on/realistic medical training in 2024 first quarter
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has announced ambitious plans to enhance medical education by introducing six simulation centres across Guyana. He said these...
Local labs trained to better handle infectious samples
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) recently concluded a five-day Train-the-Trainer workshop (February 25 –...
Overseas-based NGO distributes 1000 food hampers to the less fortunate
With Guyana already having a total of 127 positive cases of the novel Corona (COVID-19), an overseas-based non-governmental organization (NGO), the Jay and Sylvia...
COVID-19: 54% of Guyanese adults fully vaccinated
Health authorities in Guyana have managed to fully vaccinate 276,888 adults against the COVID-19 virus. This represents 54% of the adult population, Health Minister...
COVID-19 cases surpass 6000; over 5100 recover
Guyana has confirmed 6,016 positive COVID-19 cases since the country reported its first imported case back in March of this year.
Meanwhile, statistics from the...
