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Monday, November 25, 2024

GPHC successfully conducts cleft surgeries

See full statement from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation: Over the weekend, the plastic surgery and maxillofacial teams at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) achieved...

Budget 2024: $129.8 billion injected to further develop health sector

The Ministry of Health will receive its largest budgetary provision this year, as efforts are ongoing to train more health practitioners and build modern...

New Lima Hospital to be operational by first quarter of next year

The new modern hospital that is being constructed at Lima on the Essequibo Coast should be competed and operational by the first quarter of...

$38M newly retrofitted NICU to boost neonatal care in Region 2

The newly retrofitted Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Public Hospital Suddie, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was commissioned on Friday by Dr Frank Anthony,...

Decentralised Post-Basic Midwifery & Medical Laboratory Technician Training Programme launched in Region 2

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony on Friday officially launched the first batch of the decentralised Post Midwifery and Medical Laboratory Technician Training Programme...

Sod turned for $881M modern training facility for nurses in Region Two

The sod was turned for a modern training facility for nurses and nursing students which will be established at Suddie on the Essequibo Coast,...

Significant decline in waiting time at GPHC’s A&E Unit – Dr Bux

There has been a significant decline in the waiting time that patients spend at the Accident and Emergency Unit (A&E) of the Georgetown Public...

40,000 residents to benefit from new Diamond Regional Hospital

Approximately 40,000 residents will benefit from improved access to the healthcare services being provided at the brand-new Little Diamond Regional Hospital as construction is...

Guyana recruits Cuban nurses to fill massive shortage at health facilities

Guyana has turned to the Cuban Government to assist with the shortage of nurses to fill capacities in the health system, as the Health...

25 more telemedicine sites to be established in 2024

Twenty-five additional communities in the hinterland and rural areas will benefit from the implementation of the telemedicine programme in their health facilities, signalling the...

Recent Articles

Pensioner killed in early morning accident on EBD road

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 06:19hrs this morning (Monday, 25th November 2024), on the Western Carriageway of Peters Hall...

Procurement rules by oil & gas companies now under scrutiny – Local Content Secretariat...

The Local Content Secretariat is examining the procurement guidelines being used by companies operating in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, as several inconsistencies and...

Letter: PPP/C Govt committed to fixing broken power system left behind by APNU+AFC

Dear Editor: It is astonishing, though not entirely surprising, that David Patterson, who presided over the catastrophic mismanagement of Guyana’s power sector in the APNU+AFC...

New direct routes for Guyana, Brazil travel established

See below for a 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘: 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐀/𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 (𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐀) The public is hereby advised that...

US$20M DDL dairy farm to produce milk by 3rd quarter of 2025

The highly anticipated state-of-the-art US$20 Million dairy farm, the first of its kind in the Caribbean, which is being built by Demerara Distillers Limited...

NA woman accuses police of stealing cash during search of home

A New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) woman has accused police officers who conducted a search of her home of stealing her money. The police...

GECOM secretariat prepares for 2025 elections ahead of commission’s mandate

While the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) secretariat has not been mandated by the commission to prepare for the constitutionally due general and regional elections,...

Broadcasters confirmed for Global Super League

The broadcasters for the 2024 ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) have been confirmed with the tournament available to watch worldwide. The tournament will...

GSL T20: Final batch of tickets for opening match released

The final batch of tickets for the opening match of the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) have been released for sale at the...

Over 1300 traffic cases recorded in two days

The Guyana Police Force's Traffic Department has embarked on an aggressive Enforcement Exercise and over the last two days, made out some 1,353 cases...