COVID vaccine response ‘tremendously good’ –Min Anthony
─ no adverse effects recorded Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Frank Anthony is pleased with the response from health workers towards the COVID-19 immunisation programme. Last Thursday, healthcare workers from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [...]
Min. Anthony pleased with budget allocation for health
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Frank Anthony has lauded the proposed $53.5 billion Budget 2021 allocation for the health sector, and the additional $2.1 billion for the COVID-19 response programme. A provision of over $750 [...]
Gov’t praised for reopening National Ophthalmology Hospital
−16 successful surgeries done in one day Several persons who successfully underwent eye surgeries at the National Ophthalmology Hospital to correct their vision, have expressed gratitude to His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and [...]
$35M to set up diabetic clinic at Lusignan Health Centre
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has announced $35 million for the establishment of a diabetic prevention and rehabilitation clinic at the Lusignan Health Centre. Minister [...]
Government allocates $53.5B for public health sector
− $750M for roll out of COVID-19 vaccines Some $53.5 billion has been allocated for the public health sector in Budget 2021 as the Government takes steps to transform it to world-class status while accounting [...]
Ministry launches national campaign to eliminate filariasis
– final distribution exercise starts Monday The Ministry of Health launched the final distribution exercise of the National Elimination Campaign for Lymphatic Filariasis at the Umana Yana, Kingston, Georgetown today. This exercise is the last [...]
Hospital officials encourage staff, nation to take COVID-19 vaccine
On Thursday morning, the Ministry of Health rolled out its COVID-19 immunisation campaign at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention at Liliendaal. [...]
‘No resource will be spared’ in securing Covid vaccines for the nation
-President Ali tells 12th Parliament His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has assured Guyanese that his Government is working diligently to ensure that the nation is inoculated against COVID-19 by the end of the year. [...]
Staff at GPHC, COVID-19 ICU receive first doses of COVISHIELD
-as immunisation campaign rolls out The first set of frontline healthcare workers from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention at Liliendaal, [...]
“Wearing a mask is also an act of love!”
The Cathalena Energy Inc. in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Demerara (RCD) donated 500 face masks to the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS). The handing over of the masks took place at the NAPS [...]
No Covid variant found in samples sent to CARPHA
– We will not decrease vigilance, we will continue to monitor – Minister Anthony Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony says the 10 Covid samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to [...]
Public must comply with safety measures to reduce Covid transmission
– Dr. Anthony Minister of Health, Hon. Dr Frank Anthony is encouraging the public to comply with instructions given by medical teams, village and community leaders as they implement measures to reduce transmission of COVID-19. [...]