General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Amna Ally was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday, ahead of her departure for overseas medical attention. Government’s Department of Public Information said Ally, who is Minister of Social Protection, went to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday after “complaining of feeling unwell”. She is due to leave Guyana ...
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Birth registration, secondary education major challenges for Amerindians- UNICEF study
Although Guyana has the single largest number of Indigenous Indians in Latin America and the Caribbean, a recent United Nations-sponsored study has found they are doing poorly in the areas of birth registration and accessing secondary education compared to national averages. Guyana’s indigenous population is about 76,000. The study on Indigenous Women and Children, which was officially handed over by ...
Read More »Surgeries resume at National Ophthalmology Hospital
After an almost three-year hiatus the National Ophthalmology Hospital at Port Mourant, East Berbice-Corentyne is once again functioning. Laser cataract surgeries as well as those for normal cataracts are currently being done. Region Six’s Director of Regional Health Services Jevaughn Stephen, noted however that the operations have not yet fully resumed. “Work has not picked up to the full pace ...
Read More »GGMC workers’ union seek international help to certify mercury clean-up ; 200+ workers suffer mercury poisoning
The Guyana Civil Servants and General Workers Union (GCS&GWU) is seeking international help to ascertain whether a mercury clean-up at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) building has been done properly before they move back in. The union says it has asked the Pan American Health Organisation, United States embassy, United Nations Development Programme and the Organisation of American ...
Read More »Thousands of long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets for distribution
The Ministry of Public Health has announced that distribution of 91,000 insecticide treated bed and hammock nets begins early June, targeting four interior Regions well-known as hubs for malaria transmission. The National Malaria Programme (NMP) of the Public Health Ministry will spearhead the distribution campaign of the Long-Lasting Insecticide-treated Nets (LLINs) from June 03-09 in Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) ...
Read More »President, First Lady given “clean bill of health thus far”; govt states reason for annual medical check-up overseas
President David Granger and First Lady, Ms. Sandra Granger on Monday completed their first round of medical examinations under a Caribbean medical insurance scheme they have been part of for more than a decade. The Ministry of the Presidency also said the results from the at the Good Health Medical Centre in Trinidad and Tobago show they are in good health. ...
Read More »President David Granger leaves Guyana for “routine” medical checks
President David Granger early Sunday morning left Guyana for Trinidad and Tobago for medical reasons. “It is believed that he travelled for routine checks and personal matters,” one source added. Granger left at about 5:45 AM on a Caribbean Airlines flight, but it was not until a Demerara Waves Online News report at 11 AM that the Ministry of the ...
Read More »Linden Hospital Complex records firs rectal cancer, major prostate surgeries
The Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) has recorded its first rectal cancer and major prostate surgeries which were both deemed successful. The removal of an enlarged prostate and kidney stones was conducted during this week by Urologist Dr. Brian Niles while the rectal surgery was conducted by a team of Chinese doctors led by Dr. Yu Zijun earlier, in January. This ...
Read More »Caribbean Public Health Agency warns of possibly major dengue fever outbreak
While chikungunya and zika, which swept the region in 2014 and 2016 are not expected back anytime soon, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is warning, “gear-up for the possibility of a major outbreak of dengue fever in 2018.” The agency said that is because as before, the pre-conditions of abundant mosquito vector levels still exist, and increased levels of ...
Read More »Four regions get newly-graduated Patient Care Assistants
Approximately seventy-four residents from Regions Three, Four, Five and Ten have been trained to be Patient Care Assistants (PCAs). Addressing the newly trained PCAs at a graduation ceremony this morning, at the Georgetown Club, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence urged them to be the catalyst that will transform their communities by proving the best care to patients. “You should ...
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