Health
Four New Year babies delivered at GPHCTwo bouncing baby boys and two girls were safely delivered into the New Year at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation…
CDC renders assistance to flood stricken Leguan residentsThe Civil Defence Commission sprang into action on Christmas day after a flash flood left homes in Endeavour on the…
Six Christmas babies delivered at GPHCAt 07:00hrs on December 25, 2019, staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital happily welcomed six newborns. Four of them were…
New Amsterdam Hospital welcomes two Christmas babiesTwo baby girls were delivered at the New Amsterdam on Christmas Day, while two others are expected to give birth…
Chemical spill on Lombard St. is harmlessThe chemical spill at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) wharf, Lombard Street on Wednesday is “nonhazardous, non-toxic and harmless…
Over 3,000 reports of child abuse cases so far – Childcare DirectorDirector of the Childcare and Protection Agency Ann Greene says as of October 2019 there were 3,752 reported child abuse…
CDC probing suspected chemical spill on Lombard StreetThe Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has deployed a team to investigate a suspected chemical spill in the vicinity of Laparkan…
Pregnancy-related deaths in Guyana top regional, global average –UNDP ReportMore women in Guyana die from pregnancy-related causes for every 100,000 live births, when compared to the global average. This…
Mother of four hopeful of brain surgery before ChristmasForty-three-year-old Parbattie ‘Ravina’ Austin is hoping that she can undergo surgery for a ruptured brain aneurysm before Christmas providing that…
Newborn baby dies at NA hospital, mother blames ‘negligent doctors’A 37-year-old mother of five is in a distraught state following the death of her newborn baby boy whom she…
HIV prevention pill launched through private/civil society partnershipA newly-opened private clinic on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)…
News Room team cops PAHO awardsThe News Room team on Sunday evening copped four awards at the Pan-American Health Organisation/ World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Clare…
Community involvement integral in fight against HIV/AIDS – PANCAP DirectorDirector of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), Dereck Springer says Guyana has seen an unprecedented movement…
Education Ministry commissions $21M Mobile Counselling Units The Ministry of Education on Wednesday commissioned two new Mobile Psychosocial Units at a cost of $21 million. Minister of…
No smoking at sports facilities, government urgesSports communities across Guyana are called on to join the fight against the usage of tobacco products and the global…
Health Ministry to soon launch countrywide eye surgeries with portable equipmentThe Ministry of Public Health is seeking to bring eye screening and surgical services to persons in all regions of…
Young mother loses baby after administered tablets by doctors at West Dem. HospitalA 26-year-old mother who was six months pregnant is blaming the doctors at the West Demerara Regional Hospital located at…



