The National Health Fund (NHF) has acted to ensure that there is normality in the supply of intravenous (IV) fluid in the public health sector. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NHF, Everton Anderson, said a shipment of 120,000 units of IV fluid will arrive in the island this week, which should normalise the situation in the sector. Speaking at...

A new female medical ward, built at a cost of over $136 million, was officially opened the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital on Friday, June 27. In declaring the facility open, Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, said the ward is a demonstration of the Government’s commitment to strengthening the secondary care infrastructure, as part of an overall drive to...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson says on Friday, July 4, he will discuss with the Board of the Western Regional Health Authority, (WRHA), concerns about the manner in which the non-payment of duty allowances for doctors and nurses was handled. Speaking at the official opening of the female medical ward at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital in St....

Residents of Trinityville in St. Thomas will no longer have to travel long distances to access healthcare, following Thursday’s (June 27) reopening of the community clinic by Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson. The facility, which was closed two years ago due to damage sustained following the passage of Hurricane Sandy, was renovated at a cost of $3.5 million by...

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse has expressed confidence that the country is ready to deal with any outbreak of the chikungunya disease, which has been declared an epidemic in the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne illness was first detected in December 2013, in St. Martin, and has since spread to Antigua...

Since Independence, the number of couple families - two people living together in a marriage or common law relationship with a child - has increased from 20 per cent to 42 per cent. This was disclosed by Fathers Incorporated Chairman, Dr. Herbert Gayle, who was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 12. He said Fathers Incorporated would like...

Ten pieces of critical medical equipment valued at $1.14 million, were presented to the Accident and Emergency Department of the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital by the Sandals Foundation on Wednesday, June 11. The donation, which included patient monitors, nebulizers, infusion pump, blood pressure equipment, otoscope/throat illuminators, panel screens and rolling stands, were sourced by the Foundation as part of...