Mandatory vaccination: Minister says govt. will take all necessary steps to ensure citizens are...
Without definitively saying if mandatory vaccination will be featured in the government’s legislative agenda in the coming days, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has...
Stranger donates kidney to help save 17-y-o diagnosed with end-stage renal disease
One year after 17-year-old Jamaicy Broomes was diagnosed with End-Stage Renal Disease( ESRD), she has found a kidney donor.
ESRD occurs when chronic kidney disease...
Men more likely than women to die from heart disease, preventable factors
In almost every country of the world, men are more likely than women to die before age 70 and data from the World Health...
Medical Breakthrough… Are researchers really on the brink of an HIV cure?
Guyana is currently battling to control a spike in HIV cases, a state of affairs which is especially troubling since the country...
Beware of Lead Poisoning
Health In Focus With Dr Zulfikar Bux
The World Health Organization estimates that there are 143,000 deaths yearly from lead poisoning. Lead exposure contributes to...
Three Palms residents recover from COVID-19
Three of the 10 Palms Geriatric Home residents, who tested positive for COVID-19, have since recovered and will soon be integrated with the other...
Public health sector in need of more than 500 nurses
The public health sector is in need of more than 550 registered nurses to bolster nursing care at facilities across the country....
Resident laments Woodlands Hospital’s continued improper disposal of bio-hazardous waste
A frustrated resident, who lives within close proximity to the Woodlands Hospital, is seeking the Heath Ministry’s invention over the hospital’s improper disposal of...
No new COVID-19 cases in four days
Guyana has reported no new case of the COVID-19 virus in four days.
As of today, of the 27 tests done, no positive case was...
COVID-19 Update: Three more die, death count now 564
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informrd that as of August 09, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
