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...
Coconut water – a beverage laden with health benefits; but, be sure to...
While there is hardly any drink that can rival a good purified glass of H2O , there is another natural beverage that has been...
Suddie hospital conducted 644 surgeries in 2024
The Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two performed 644 surgeries in 2024, a significant increase when compared to the 502 surgeries conducted in 2023.
This...
COVID-19 Update: One new case confirmed; three more persons recover
Guyana has reported one new case of the COVID-19 virus; taking the overall number of persons infected to 159. This was according to the...
More than 4,600 Guyanese vaccinated in one day; Minister says new COVID-19 measures contributed...
Some 4,613 persons have received vaccines within the last 24 hours. This 'record' turnout is all thanks to the new COVID-19 guidelines issued by...
Alleged COVID-19 patient detained while shopping at New Amsterdam Market for ’bush medicine’
A woman, who is alleged to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID19) and who had earlier escaped from a Demerara quarantine centre, was...
140 individuals graduate from clinical, technical training programme
One hundred and forty individuals graduated from the Clinical and Technical Training Programme offered by the Ministry of Health’s Health Sciences Education Department. The...
Bartica confirms first case of COVID-19
Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall moments ago confirmed the township's first case of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), via an interview with the Department...
COVID-19: New Amsterdam goes on lockdown; residents to be indoors by 7pm
Mayor of New Amsterdam, Winifred Haywood has issued some new rules in light of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Guyana. In the...
Ministry hopes to add HPV vaccine to 37-year old successful vaccination programme
Over the past 37 years, Guyana has been free of some vaccine preventable diseases. This, according to information released by the Public Health Ministry,...
