Dozens of cases being found each year More than four years ago 62-year-old David (not his real name) thought he was suffering from hypertension and visited his physician who decided to run several tests.
A recent gathering of persons living with HIV shared their “deepest emotional pain” over stigma and called for recognition of their diversity and the establishment by the government of a desk at which they can lodge complaints.
When Suriname heard Guyana was hosting Carifesta X its cultural gurus were immediately propelled into action as they wanted to show some “neighbourly love” by bringing the largest contingent to the culture and art celebrations.
If the Carifesta secretariat did not deliver on any of the other promises it made it certainly hit the nail on its head when it promised that the Jamaican play, River Bottom, would have been a “belly full of laughter.”
The Guyana Cancer Institute says 52 persons have died since it opened its doors in June 2006 and this is mainly because they sought out its services too late.
Guyana’s first ever female drug rehabilitation centre was officially commissioned yesterday at a cost of over $20M at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.
By the end of this month the new reference laboratory handed over to the Guyana Government recently, is expected to open its doors and some of its important functions would be testing for the HIV virus in infants under 18 months and research and surveillance, according to its Director, Dr Colin Roach.
Twenty-one-year-old Natasha Vieira, who died in the Female Observation Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was attacked by another patient, died as a result of manual strangulation and haemorrhage to the head caused by blunt trauma, according to her mother.
The name Lou-Ann Lewis-Jackson is well known in local designing circles as she is one of the most accomplished local designers who is always round-the-clock busy, making her many customers happy.
Marilyn Dewar is a woman who is so wrapped up in the world of music that her entire life is consumed by the art form and if she had an opportunity to do it all over again she would not hesitate.
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