COVID-19: U.S. to send medical team to train Guyanese healthcare workers
The Health Ministry is collaborating with the United States (U.S.) Embassy to bring in a team of doctors to provide regional training to local...
Health Minister eyes opening of ICU facilities at Ocean View COVID-19 Hospital by the...
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities at the COVID-19 Hospital, formerly the Ocean View Hotel, in Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, are expected to be up...
COVID-19: Ministry of Health to conduct mobile testing at Grove Health Centre
The Ministry of Health’s Mobile Testing Unit will be stationed at the Grove Health Centre, East Bank Demerara to conduct screening for COVID-19 on...
APNU+AFC not in favour of curfew adjustment; criticises gov’t’s management of disease
The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) is criticising the government’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
See full statement below:
The bungling...
COVID-19: Gov’t ramps up testing in Kwebanna as village goes into two-week lockdown
Health teams in Barima-Waini (Region One) have ramped up retrieval of samples from persons who are showing signs of COVID-19 and those who have...
CT scans now available at New Amsterdam Hospital
Patients needing diagnostic treatment aided by Computerized Tomography (CT) scans in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) can now breathe a sigh of relief knowing that...
Government orders 20,000 antigen tests for the hinterland
(Department of Public Information) - Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says the rapid antigen tests ordered for selective hinterland regions will increase the...
APNU+AFC accuses gov’t of dereliction of duty by allowing COVID-19 patients to home isolate
The Government of Guyana (GoG) having persons home isolate is tantamount to the administration abandoning its duty to deliver healthcare to those infected, and...
Over 100 healthcare workers to benefit from mental health training
Over 100 healthcare workers from across Guyana will take part in a four-week virtual mental health course to help both them and patients cope...
EU helps Guyana, others with down payment to access 1 million doses of COVID-19...
As deaths from COVID-19 surpass one million worldwide, with 4,194 reported in 33 Caribbean territories as of October 15, 2020, the Caribbean Public Health...
