Medical Breakthough… 3D printed implants to shorten timeframe for spinal injury recovery
Road accidents and falls have been known to cause many spinal injuries which require intricate surgeries and many therapy sessions before an...
Dr Balwant Singh Hospital appoints first local embryologist
Ganesh Persaud, a young and vibrant medical professional originally from Essequibo, is Guyana’s first embryologist and is set to head the In...
Medical Breakthrough… Apps in testing to track mental instability
Defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), mental health is “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her...
Guyana in penultimate year to eliminate filaria
As Guyana, through the Ministry of Public Health, fervently works towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (filaria), another Mass Drug Administration campaign...
Medical breakthrough… ‘A vaccine in testing to prevent ‘multiple’ cancers’
Medical experts often preach that “prevention is always better than cure”. Much of the time this translates to embracing healthy lifestyle choices,...
Guyana implements basic safeguards in wake of global Ebola concern
The recent move by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo a...
PANCAP youth meeting to draft tactical HIV response roadmap
Set for July 30–August 2, 2019, the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach...
MoPH to launch mental health, substance abuse support groups
The Ministry of Public Health’s Mental Health Unit will next month launch three support groups to help persons struggling with depression and...
Medical Breakthrough…‘A pill that lets you know you have taken it’
Although it may be a requirement for persons to take life saving medications on a daily basis, this undertaking could, at times,...
Reconstituted NCD Commission gets PAHO/WHO support
The National Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) has been reconstituted to serve for the period of February 2019 through December 2021. To...
