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Sod turned for $70M New Amsterdam Hospital mortuary
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday held a simple sod-turning ceremony for the construction of the first of its kind public mortuary at the New Amsterdam Hospital.
The $70M project will be the first public mortuary that will have a…
Baracara gets $31M Water Ambulance
The small community of Baracara located alongside the Canje River in East Berbice has now benefited from a water ambulance which will transport emergency cases to the New Amsterdam hospital.
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday…
Family wants justice after first born dies at private hospital
By Bibi Khatoon
A Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) family is threatening legal action against a private hospital after their baby died at the hospital’s nursery some 32 hours after she was born.
Twenty-two-year-old Devi Balram…
7-Y-O burn victim opens eyes after first phase of treatment
Seven-year-old burn victim Shaniya Persaud opened her eyes Wednesday after her first phase of treatment at the Shriners Hospital, Galveston Texas in the United States.
The little girl is also now in a stable condition after she underwent…
7-Y-0 burn victim stable after surgery to remove ‘damaged tissues’
Seven-year-old burn victim Shaniya Persaud is now in a stable condition after she underwent surgery to remove damaged tissues about her body.
Shaniya is being treated free of cost at the Shriners Hospital, Galveston Texas in the United…
7-Y-0 burn victim leaves Saturday for emergency treatment in U.S
Seven-year-old burn victim Shaniya Persaud is set to depart Guyana Saturday at approximately 7:00hrs with her mother for emergency treatment at a children’s hospital in Texas, United States.
The Rotary Club of Demerara successfully…
7-Y-0 burn victim to be evacuated for emergency treatment in U.S
By Isanella Patoir
The Rotary Club of Demerara is currently raising funds to evacuate 7-year-old Shaniya Persaud to a children’s hospital in Texas, United States as soon as possible.
During an interview with the News Room Thursday,…
Mahdia Hospital gets cryotherapy machine to treat early signs of cervical cancer
(Department of Public Information) The Public Health Ministry handed over a cryotherapy machine to the staff of the Mahdia District Hospital on Friday.
The machine is used to treat early signs of cervical cancer and other abnormalities.…
Family seeks help to fund bone marrow transplant for 7-Y-O
A Trinidadian-based Guyanese family is seeking the public’s help to fund a bone marrow transplant for their seven-year-old daughter, which needs to be done in Italy.
Joanna Brathwaite was diagnosed with Beta Thalassemia Major –an…
Baby Akeelah completes successful brain surgery
Two-year-old Akeelah Etwaroo is recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital after undergoing a successful brain surgery, performed by Guyana’s lone neurosurgeon, Dr Amarnauth Dukhi.
The case was brought to Dr Dukhi’s attention after the…
