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First Lady donates ambulance to GPHC’s paediatric ward
- First Lady Mrs Arya Ali today donated an ambulance to the paediatric ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the presence of the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and some staff.
Receiving the keys on…
Costly HPV tests to become free at regional hospitals
Efforts in the fight against cervical cancer in Guyana is expanding and soon the costly test for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) will be made available free at coast at regional hospitals.
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday…
Smoke caused by Suriname drought affecting Upper Corentyne residents
A thick smoke cloud suspected to be as a result of drought and fires in Suriname is affecting residents living in the vicinity of the Upper Corentyne, Region Six. The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Kemraj…
‘Cheaper to prevent cervical cancer than treat it’ – Health Minister promotes HPV vaccine
It is cheaper help persons protect themselves from cervical cancer with a free Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine than it is to treat the cancer, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said on Tuesday.
So he urged eligible persons to take the…
Lusignan Prison gets new pharmacy
In an effort to ensure that advanced healthcare is accessible to inmates, a new pharmacy was on Thursday established at the Lusignan Prison.
The new facility forms part of efforts by the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) to ensure those who…
U.S. donates COVID-19 pill to treat 1,000 patients
The United States government has donated Paxlovid, a COVID-19 treatment pill to Guyana, providing enough medication to treat 1,000 patients.
The Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony received the pills on Wednesday and said it will further…
Diabetic patients, amputees grateful for prosthetic capacity building programme
Over 30 amputees who seek physiotherapy at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, Georgetown, this week received capacity-building training to strengthen their abilities to use prosthetics.
The training was conducted by Jon Batzdorff, a…
Unprovoked seizures? Doctors say epilepsy awareness needed
Guyana on Monday joined the world in raising awareness of a commonly misunderstood condition - epilepsy.
Doctors attached at the Georgetown Public Hospital said this is the first step in ensuring that myths about seizures are debunked…
New Amsterdam Hospital to be teaching facility with support from UWI Medical School
A new hospital being constructed at New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) will also be a training hospital run in partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI).
“We have just concluded the arrangement where the…
More men dying from prostate cancer- Health Minister
Breast, prostate and cervical cancers account for the largest number of cancer deaths locally but Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony says more men are dying from prostate cancer.
“When we actually look at the latest report in terms of…