Public health, hospitals, and wellbeing news affecting communities nationwide.
Psychologist Dr. Mark Constantine is part of the team from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security that has been tasked with providing psychosocial support to survivors, families who lost their loved ones and anyone affected by the MV Barima…
By Dr. Telford Layne Jr. PsyD, MSc. Postgrad, BSc. (Kaieteur News) – In many Caribbean families, traditional parenting practices emphasise survival, obedience, and protection rather than emotional intelligence, independent judgment, and healthy communication. However effective parenting of adolescents is best achieved by modelling appropriate behaviour. Parenting teenagers extends beyond enforcing obedience; it involves guiding young people […] The post Parenting Adolescents: Part 1 appeared first on Kaieteur News.
— just a year after losing his mother to the disease (Kaieteur News) – Five-year-old Kaiden Williams has endured more loss and pain than most people face in a lifetime. Last year, he lost his mother to cancer. Now, he is fighting for his own life against the same disease. What first appeared to be an […] The post 5-year-old needs US$25,000 for cancer treatment appeared first on Kaieteur News.
By Dr. Telford Layne Jr. PsyD, MSc. Postgrad, BSc. (Kaieteur News) – Men benefit more than women in a relationship. But it’s men that behave the most recklessly to jeopardise the relationship than women. Men are terrified of being abandoned by women. So we try to maintain the peace but ended up doing more harm than […] The post Fear of abandonment in me appeared first on Kaieteur News.
A new $201.8 million health centre offering cervical cancer screening, HPV testing and chronic disease management opened its doors in Charlestown Friday, part of a Gove… See more...
As climate threats intensify, children face growing health threats – Health official… See more
(Kaieteur News) – An Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident says the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to act on repeated complaints about dust and noise pollution from a neighbouring furniture-making operation, even as her chronic asthma has landed her in hospital multiple times a week since May. Romila Sharma told Kaieteur News that […] The post EPA accused of ignoring asthma patient’s pleas over sawdust pollution appeared first on Kaieteur News.
Patients across Region Two and neighbouring communities will soon receive medicines and medical supplies in a fraction of the time following the commissioning of a new … See more...
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