Tag: GPHC

Guyana makes medical history

Guyana makes medical history

- December 3, 2025

- GPHC successfully performs first-ever chain kidney transplant in the Caribbean Guyana has achieved a groundbreaking medical milestone as the ... Read More

GPHC completes 28 joint replacement surgeries

GPHC completes 28 joint replacement surgeries

- November 14, 2025

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) successfully performed 28 joint replacement surgeries between November 7th and 10th, 2025. The surgeries ... Read More

Healthcare progressed over the last five years – Cardiologist Dr Carpen

Healthcare progressed over the last five years – Cardiologist Dr Carpen

- August 19, 2025

Head of Internal Medicine and Guyana’s leading cardiologist, Dr Mahendra Carpen, has described the past five years of healthcare development ... Read More

Dr Carpen advocates early screening, robust heart care programs in Guyana

Dr Carpen advocates early screening, robust heart care programs in Guyana

- August 19, 2025

Dr Mahendra Carpen, Head of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at GPHC, emphasised that cardiovascular disease is increasingly worrying in Guyana, ... Read More

GPHC and Gift of Life International deliver life-saving cardiac care to 18 Guyanese children

GPHC and Gift of Life International deliver life-saving cardiac care to 18 Guyanese children

- August 13, 2025

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in collaboration with Gift of Life International (GOLI), successfully concluded its second paediatric cardiac ... Read More

New boilers valued $210M installed at GPHC to boost infection control efforts

New boilers valued $210M installed at GPHC to boost infection control efforts

- March 26, 2025

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has acquired three new boiler systems valued at approximately $210 million. These systems are ... Read More

MOH investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two children in New Amsterdam

MOH investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two children in New Amsterdam

- April 18, 2024

The management and staff of the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital are deeply saddened by the death of 9-year-old Arianna Mahabir ... Read More

GPHC’s paediatric ward receives first ambulance from First Lady

GPHC’s paediatric ward receives first ambulance from First Lady

- March 7, 2024

For the first time, paediatric ward at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) received a brand new ambulance from First Lady ... Read More

GPHC conducted 748 emergency surgeries in 2023

GPHC conducted 748 emergency surgeries in 2023

- December 31, 2023

Guyana’s premier healthcare institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) Department of Orthopedics recorded massive successes in 2023 as ... Read More

GPHC expanding services following groundbreaking, successful kidney transplant on seven-year-old

GPHC expanding services following groundbreaking, successful kidney transplant on seven-year-old

- November 24, 2023

Following the groundbreaking success of a kidney transplant performed on seven-year-old patient Angelica Soamnauth at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation ... Read More