Indian cyclist activist in Guyana to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS …pays courtesy call on...
Minister within Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings today (Friday) received a courtesy call from Indian activist for Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and...
Zika holds on in sperm longer than previously thought
The Zika virus has been found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in...
Diarrhea in Kamarang contained – situation being monitored
The Ministry of Public Health has reported that doctors in Kamarang have been able to contain what seemed to be a sudden upsurge in...
System to dispose of expired drugs archaic says Health Minister following complaints
Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence on Friday, following a press conference, acknowledged that the system to dispose of expired drugs is one that is...
80 Gastro cases recorded in Region One…Ministry assessing situation
Minister within the Ministry of Public Health Dr. Karen Cummings, has said that that to date the number of cases of gastroenteritis in Baramita,...
TIGI slams Govt for approving Public Health contract to blacklisted company
-'Saying you did not know is unacceptable'- Thomas
It was only last year that Trinidad company Western Scientific Company Limited was blacklisted by the Inter-American...
Guyana now equipped to produce issuance metal prosthesis, orthotics
Staff at the National Orthotic and Prosthetic Appliance Workshop at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre have benefited from a one-week training session conducted by...
New drug procurement system to take effect soon – Health Minister
By Devina Samaroo
The Public Health Ministry has introduced a new system for the procurement of drugs and medical supplies with the aim of enhancing...
Norton apologises, but still seeks to defend controversial drugs bond agreement
Public Health Minister Dr George Norton on Friday, apologised for telling the National Assembly that New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NEW GPC) had been paid...
Teenager’s sickle cell reversed with world-first therapy
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website
(BBC) A French teenager's sickle cell disease has been reversed using a pioneering treatment to...
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Significant boost for Region 9 district hospitals with new Ultrasound units
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Man confronting ex at Eccles Gas Station shot in leg by security guard
A man now nursing a gunshot wound to his leg after he was injured by a security guard attached to the Two Brothers Gas...
Two dead in motorcycle crash on Diamond Public Road
A motorcyclist and his pillion rider are now dead following an early morning accident on the Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara today.
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Schoonord to Crane four-lane highway slated for June completion
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Duo refused bail for ammo possesion
Following the discovery of eight 9mm ammunition on Wednesday, two young men were charged and remanded to prison on Friday.
Ricardo Marshall, a 23-year-old construction...
Two on remanded for WCB burglary
Two young men were on Friday remanded to prison after being charged with Burglary that took place at a residence located at Lot 20 Eldorado...