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Former National Lab Director opens private Medical Testing Lab in Diamond

By Kurt Campbell – QualiTEST – a laboratory offering medical testing services opened its Diamond, East Bank Demerara branch on Friday morning, February...

Foreign Medical Team looking to implement Kidney Transplant Services in Guyana

- A team of health care providers from the University of Calgary is on a visit to Guyana with a main focus is...

Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Guyana – Report

- A report from the Ministry of Health shows that cancer has been the third leading cause of mortality in Guyana with Ischemic...

Citizens decry unequipped ambulances even as MOH distribute new ones countrywide

By Kurt Campbell – “All those things (ambulances) good for is to fetch bodies,” one woman could be heard remarking at the handing over...

Guyana recorded 18 maternal deaths in 2013

By Kurt Campbell   – According to figures released by Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran, Guyana recorded a total of 18 maternal deaths in 2013. The...

Health Minister turns his back on media over questions of maternal deaths

By Kurt Campbell – Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran on Monday (January 27) flew into a rage and walked away from a group of...

Eleven children to travel to Dominica for heart surgery

- The Ministry of Health will be sending 11 children with life threatening cardiac problems to Dominica for surgery, as a result of...

Seven year health plan launched

- The seven year plan focuses on the right to the highest level of health, equity in access to quality health care, solidarity...

Guyana has second highest teen birth rate in the region – UN Report

By Kurt Campbell - Guyana's teen pregnancy rate is the second highest in the region according to the 2013 State of the World Population...

Sunday’s Health Tip: The problem with extra long naps

- A nap, a siesta, or as the Chinese call it, a wujiao, is a pleasant break from the day, but the debate...

Recent Articles

1,500 hectares of cane to be cultivated at Skeldon Estate by year-end – Mustapha

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is set to cultivate some 1,500 hectares of sugarcane in mechanized fields at the Skeldon Sugar Estate in Region...

Over 240 rooms now available as Royal International Hotel officially opens

The Royal International Hotel has officially opened for business, adding 241 rooms to Guyana’s room stock and it currently employs 50 persons - most...

Teacher shot, robbed of $250k at Turkeyen home

Shawn Thomas, a 53-year-old teacher of Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, is currently hospitalised after he was shot and robbed of $250,000 cash at his home. Based...

Soldier robbed of motorcycle at Sophia

Terrie McCalmon, a 21-year-old Private of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and resident of Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was recently robbed of his motorcycle in...

Miner on $30k bail over ganja possession charge

Terrence Hawker, a 37-year-old miner of Sixth Avenue, Bartica, was charged on Friday for 'Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking'. The charge was...

Guyanese businesses looking to forge new partnerships, expand market access at Agro Fest 2025...

See below for a statement from GO-Invest on Guyana's participation in Barbados' Agro Fest: Guyana Delegation to Showcase Economic Growth and Regional Collaboration at Agro...

$277.9M Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court commissioned

By: La'Wanda McAllister  Residents of Region One (Barima-Waini) will now have improved access to justice with the commissioning of the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court, a state-of-the-art...

In the future, Govt to create more opportunities for citizens to invest – Jagdeo

  Noting that the aggregate deposits in the local banking system has grown significantly over the years, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has explained that...

Some Mocha squatters approach Govt for help after being misled by Opposition

    All but one of the Mocha/Cane View, East Bank Demerara (EBD) squatters who were misled by the opposition have taken up government’s offer for...

Guyana did not sign any third country deportee arrangement with US – VP

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday dismissed claims that Guyana will be accepting deportees out of the United States of America who are...