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UPDATED: 13 Jan 2010 GMT
  • Chargé d’Affaires commissions third incinerator

    Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy, Karen L. Williams, commissioned the third “De Montfort” style incinerator at the Fort Wellington Hospital, West Coast Berbice. Seven Health Centers and one Health Post, situated between the villages of Belladrum to Ithaca will now have access to proper disposal of medical waste.

  • Medical equipment donated to government ministry

    On Thursday, October 29, Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy, Karen Williams presented the Ministry of Health with a donation of medical supplies, valued at more than US$50,000. Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, received the gifts, which included beds, thermometers and vacuum tubing.

  • Facilitators and participants pose for photo U.S. Human Rights, Humanitarian Law Seminar Ends

    At the invitation of the Office of Defense Cooperation, U.S. Embassy Guyana, the U.S. Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) presented a two-day seminar in Georgetown on September 28-29, 2009 for members of the Guyana Defence Force.

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