Organization : Ministry of Home Affairs
Facility : Death Registration
Country : Guyana
Website : http://gro.moha.gov.gy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=69
Death Registration :
Deaths in Hospitals :
** Deaths which occur in public and private hospitals will be registered by the administration of those hospitals.
Related : Birth Registration Guyana Ministry of Home Affairs : www.statusin.org/28172.html
** For a death occurring in a private hospital there will be no fee charged for registering of the death.
** For deaths in public (government) hospitals there will be no fee charged for registering the death.
** A copy of the registration of death will be given to the relatives or the person registering on behalf of the relatives
** The original of the Registration of Birth is filed with the GRO and the registration centre keeps the second copy for its files.
Deaths outside of Hospitals :
** Deaths occurring outside of a hospital can be registered at any government hospital or health centre in the region in which the death occurs.
** No fee is charged for the registration of a death in these cases.
** The original Registration of Death is given to the relatives or to the person who is registering the death on behalf of the other relatives.
** The original of the Registration of Birth is filed with the GRO and the second copy of the Registration of Death is to be given to the doctor certifying the death for his records.
About Us :
The General Register Office is a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs and is located at the Guyana Post Office Corporation. It operates in accordance with Chapters 44:01 Births and Deaths and 45:01 Marriages of the laws of Guyana.
Formerly a Micro film unit used to be located at the Ministry of Health; it has now been relocated at the Guyana Post Office Corporation building Robb Street.
Before 1st July 1987, the Registration of Births and Deaths were done throughout the country in the registration districts, for example, Georgetown had eleven (11) Districts, Plaisance nine (9) which included Lodge and Kitty.
Contact Us :
General Register Office,
GPO Building,
Robb Street,
Georgetown Guyana.