Chicken pox outbreak in Paramakatoi climbing, affects 160 students so far
More than 150 students at the Paramakatoi Secondary School are now infected with the chicken pox virus since it was first identified in the...
Doctor should have managed maternal death at DDC better- Norton on report
The report on Carol Suniram, who died at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre (DDC) in July of this year after carrying a five month old...
Health Ministry condemns Kissoon’s attack on Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors
stands by local and foreign trained doctors
The Ministry of Public Health has strongly condemned Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon’s attack on the reputation...
Minister Norton referred to Privileges Committee for misleading Parliament
Public Health Minister, Dr George Norton was today directed to the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges as a case has been made out against the Minister over his...
Divisive drug cytotec approved for use only by medical practionsers- CMO
In light of a recent maternal death where the drug cytotec was used to induce labour in the patient, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr...
EMS accessible from Monday
patients with medical emergencies who contact 912 will have access to treatment within 10 to 15 minutes
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS), in collaboration...
Sophia to get water through taps next week
‘E’ and ‘D’ Fields, Sophia will receive water supply from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) for the first time in “a long, long time”,...
Smoking causes extensive damage to DNA, study shows
Meera Senthilingam, CNN
(CNN) The vast amount of damage that smoking can have on your DNA has been revealed in a new study exploring how...
GWI bought 100 litres of Antinfek
…was used for testing in water distribution mains – Minister Bulkan
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) purchased 100 litres of the questionable chemical Antinfek, which...
Woman dies in GPHC after emergency C-section
by Ramona Luthi
Hours after undergoing an emergency C-section to deliver her third child at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Tuesday, a Kuru Kururu woman...
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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
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US$20M DDL dairy farm to produce milk by 3rd quarter of 2025
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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...