11 new COVID-19 cases; total number stands at 150
Guyana's COVID-19 cases continue to soar. As of today, May 28, 2020, 11 new cases were recorded, taking the total number of confirmed cases...
Suddie’s multi-specialty hospital will be part of the modern healthcare system —President Ali ...
President, Dr. Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the new $2B multi-specialty hospital, to be constructed in Suddie on the Essequibo Coast, is part of...
Three more fatalities take COVID-19 death count to 1,004
Three more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, taking the number of deaths since March 2020 to 1,004, the Health Ministry said...
GPHC rejects Dr. Cummings’ assertion that “disparities along ethnic lines” exist in training programme
See full statement from the management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC):
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) management wishes to emphatically reject the...
Health In Focus With Dr. Zulfikar Bux
Ignorance is usually a major shortcoming when it comes to health care. For this very reason I will seek to use this column to...
Meeting between Guyana and Suriname to strengthen cooperation to combat COVID-19
Officials of Guyana and Suriname met via video conference on Monday 20 April 2020,
with a view to establishing modalities for cooperation to combat the...
Decreased recovery time, reduced infections from surgeries when laparoscopic suite is added to New...
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says the New Amsterdam Hospital will be outfitted with a laparoscopic suite for the conduct of minimally invasive...
Guyana sees hike in incidence of HIV in first half of 2019
With an escalated incidence of HIV cases, the Ministry of Public Health is currently in reactive mode to recapture the gains made...
Pilot study on renal failure launched
In light of the realisation that renal failure patients are at even greater risk once they commence dialysis, the Doobay Medical Centre, situated at...
Republic Bank loses US$36.1M in profits due to COVID-19
As a result of the economic impact of COVID-19, Republic Financial Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries recorded a profit attributable to shareholders of US$81.7...
