Saturday, June 6, 2026
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Health
Hundreds benefit from medical outreach at Sister’s VillageThe Hindu Parishad Seva Group of the Guyana Pandits’ Council has completed yet another successful Medical Outreach at the Saraswati…
Health Ministry to launch anti-malaria campaign next monthThe Vector Control Services (VCS) at the Ministry of Public Health will be embarking on an anti-malaria campaign in four…
Former sports journalist battling mysterious illnessBy Devina Samaroo Sports enthusiast, Rene Stoby was forced to shelf his journalistic career after he was gripped with an…
Guyana Pandits’ Council focuses on Mental Health In observance of Mental Health Awareness Week 2018, the youth arm of the Guyana Pandits' Council, the Yuvaa Shakti Sangh…
$27M Health Centre being constructed in EcclesFor the first time, residents of Eccles, East Bank Demerara will benefit from a Health Centre, which is expected to…
Gold Board lab to shut down amid mercury threatFollowing a scathing statement from the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) for a more “complete and verifiable” solution to the…
Reg.7 assures that expired drugs not dispensed to residents Faced with the challenge of receiving drugs with a short shelf-life, concerns were raised before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)…
Team of Experts appointed to review Gold Board’s Laboratory OperationsAs a result of recent incidents of elevated mercury emissions within the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission's compound and its…
Charity market floodedThe Region Two Democratic council is urging vendors at the Charity Market to desist from littering as this practice clog…
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…
