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President commences radiotherapy, to return home next week
President David Granger has commenced his regimen of radiotherapy which will end in the next five days, according to the Ministry of the Presidency.
The Head of State is expected to return home next week, the Ministry said in a statement…
UG opens centre for Behavioural Sciences and Research
The Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Research at the University of Guyana was commissioned on Friday afternoon. The event also marked the launch of the University’s master’s in psychology.
The Jay and Sylvia…
Emergency, other critical units at GPHC without power for hours
At the Georgetown Public Hospital on Thursday, patients sat in waiting areas and walked in dark hallways for hours after a power shutdown just after dawn crippled operations in key sections, including Accident and Emergency.
Other…
UNICEF to provide health care for detained teens
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), under its adolescent and youth development programme, plans to provide quality health care for teens in detention and those in alternative care in Guyana.
UNICEF said the health care will be…
Second Chinese worker from Manganese operation dies
A second Chinese worker has died after falling sick with a dozen others at the Manganese operation in Region One.
The post mortem examinations on the two men were conducted on Thursday morning. The cause of death was found to be…
Region 10 receives $16M Water Ambulance
Health Officials of Region 10 on Tuesday morning received a newly commissioned Water Ambulance from the Ministry of Public Health, at the Square of the Revolution in Georgetown.
The $16M Water Ambulance is equipped with all that is…
Over 200 Manganese workers being assessed by health officials
Ministry of Public Health officials are assessing over 200 workers attached to the Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI) in Mathews Ridge, Region One following the death of one person and the hospitalisation of a dozen others over the past couple of…
Manganese operations suspended; two workers test positive for Lepto.
The Government of Guyana has instructed the Guyana Manganese Inc. company to halt its operations in Region One as it continues to grapple with a respiratory illness that killed one employee and caused some 12 others to fall ill.
A…
Five more Manganese workers air-dashed to Georgetown
Five more persons were on Monday afternoon air-dashed from Region One to the Georgetown Public Hospital, reportedly with symptoms similar to those which left one employee of the Guyana Manganese Inc. dead and seven others hospitalised at…
Health Ministry refutes claims of Swine Flu outbreak
Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence has refuted claims of a Swine Flu (H1N1) outbreak in Region One.
The iNews media house on Saturday blamed the virus for the death of one worker attached to the Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) firm at…
