health
GWI disinfects Tapakuma Well after 15 affected by TyphoidFollowing reports that some residents of Tapakuma, Region 2, have contracted Typhoid, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) helped the community…
Skeldon Hospital A&E staff ends sit-in over drug shortagePhysicians at the Skeldon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) department returned to work on Monday afternoon following a sit-in over…
Specialists undergoing training to tackle alcohol, substance abuseThe Public Health Ministry's Mental Health Unit is training 35 persons to better tackle the growing problem of substance and…
Lawrence orders removal of expired drugs at West DemMinister of Public Health Volda Lawrence has instructed that the years-old expired drugs at the West Demerara Hospital be removed…
US$4.1M to upgrade five hospitalsBy Devina Samaroo An estimated US$4.1 million is earmarked under a United Kingdom (UK) – funded initiative to retrofit five…
Gov’t working with US to reverse Fish banMinister of State, Joseph Harmon says that the Ministry of Agriculture is working closely with the authorities in the United…
$19.4M Machine acquired to improve blood transfusion serviceThe Georgetown Public Hospital will now be in a better position to provide emergency blood transfusion, as the National Blood…
No case of measles in Region One – Health MinistryAfter visiting more than a dozen villages over two days, a team of health workers from the Ministry of Health…
Palms outfitted with $18M Infirmary and Outpatient ClinicResidents of the Palms Geriatric Home will no longer have to be referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for…
'Justice for our girls’ – Women march in solidarity to stamp out abuseBy Bibi Khatoon A significant number of women and men marched from the Square of the Revolution, Vlissengen Road along…
Guyanese selected as finalist for Commonwealth Youth AwardsPatricee Douglas, Guyanese founder of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is one of this year’s finalists in the…
German firm Siemens eyes opportunities in health sectorOfficials of the German firm Siemens has met with both Ministers of Health as it explores opportunities here, the Ministry…
Dialysis Centre to provide wider range of medical servicesThe new and improved Doobay Medical Centre at Annandale, East Coast Demerara is which is widely known for its dialysis…
Aggressive awareness campaign for Tobacco Control ActDespite signing a ‘commencement order’ to bring into force the Tobacco Control Act, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has…
Public smoking ban takes full effectPublic Health Minister Volda Lawrence has signed a commencement order, putting the ban on public smoking into full effect retroactive…
5 Christmas Day babies at GPHCPresident David Granger and First Lady Mrs. Sandra Granger on Christmas morning visited the maternity ward at the Georgetown Public…
Stillbirth baby with conjoined heads shocks Berbice doctorsThe case of a stillbirth baby with conjoined heads, delivered to a Berbice teenager Saturday, December 16, 2017, has shocked…
Presidential Commission to address chronic diseases launchedMoving towards a healthier population, Head of State, David Granger this morning launched the Presidential Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).…

