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Elimination of HIV, malaria & leprosy attainable throughout Guyana – Health Minister
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday told Regional Health Officers to maintain a proactive approach in ensuring Guyana eliminates several diseases including the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and malaria by 2030.
Addressing…
Guyana still waiting on Monkeypox vaccines from PAHO
Guyana is still awaiting the delivery of Monkeypox vaccines it ordered via the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in September last year, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Narine Singh, told the News Room on Thursday.
Some 1,800…
Hospital staff to be fired after probe into powerlifter’s death found he left patients unattended
The services of an attendant at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre are up for termination after a recent probe found that a patient died while the staff left for home when he should have been on duty.
Powerlifter Rawndel Clementson should…
Fewer child deaths & higher life expectancy in Guyana – Pres. Ali says
President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said Guyana’s health sector is showing substantial improvements based on data for some key indicators.
According to President Ali, Guyana has made some strides in reducing child mortality over the…
With nurses ‘doubling up’ shifts, Guyana looks to Cuba for short-term help
Guyana, like many other countries in the Caribbean, is faced with a shortage of nurses and with some of these healthcare workers forced to “double up” their shifts, President Dr. Irfaan Ali says the country is looking to Cuba for some…
Second monkeypox case detected in T&T
(Loop News) A second case of Monkeypox (Mpox) virus was confirmed via laboratory testing in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Health said the patient is a young adult male. It didn’t say whether the patient had travel…
T&T records first case of monkeypox
(Loop News) Trinidad and Tobago has its first confirmed case of Monkeypox (Mpox) virus.
The Ministry of Health advised that the patient is a middle aged male with travel related history. He was tested earlier today and the sample was…
Cow tissue used to reconstruct man’s heart
The Caribbean Heart Institute’s (CHI) team led by CEO and Guyanese born heart surgeon Dr. Gary Stephens, successfully conducted an open-heart surgery utilising cow tissue to reconstruct a patient's heart. This procedure is the first-ever…
Guyana/Rwanda/Barbados looking at ‘procurement mechanism’ to manufacture vaccines in…
By Fareeza Haniff in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
fareeza@newsroom.gy
As talks continue between Guyana, Rwanda and Barbados to manufacture vaccines and medicines, the President of the East African nation told Heads of Government…
Guyana gets first open-heart surgeon
See below full release from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation:
As Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) continues to make strides to provide competitive healthcare services for the people of Guyana, the institution has…