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Minister: Hospice and palliative care facility on the cards

DISCUSSIONS are being held for the possible creation of a free-standing hospice and palliative care facility on the island. This, from Minister of Health Donville Inniss. He made this announcement as he addressed participants at the Symposium on Hospice and […]

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Continuing treatment key to handling HIV/AIDS locally

By Tameika Malone ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Founder and Director of the Antigua & Barbuda HIV/AIDS Network said more needs to be done to get and keep HIV/AIDS

Cashing in

 By Mike King THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL (QEH) is raking in thousands more dollars from private patients and overseas referrals following the introduction of a new billing and payment system

TO STRIKE OR NOT TO STRIKE?

In a recent announcement, the British Medical Association (BMA) said that doctors will take industrial action on June 21 in the bitter row over the Government’s controversial pension

Moze fills the gaps

 By RASHANDA Mc KENNA Medical protagonist, Dr Kevin Moze, is set to make a huge contribution to the dental industry in T&T. Moze is the first dental and maxillofacial radiologist

Lethem Hospital not functioning to residents’ expectations

Though millions of dollars have been spent to establish the Lethem Regional Hospital, residents are complaining that the services and treatment being offered to them are far from acceptable. Some

Rotavirus Blamed for Upsurge in Viral Gastroenteritis Cases

Apr. 6 -- The Chief Medical Officer is reporting an upsurge in the number of new cases of Viral Gastroenteritis observed over the past week. The agent, he informed,

Minister to meet with St Ann’s staff today

 By Geisha Kowlessar Doctors and nurses assigned to the St Ann’s  Psychiatric Hospital are expected to give a minute-by-minute account of Cheryl Miller’s 15-day committal to the facility to Health

Contract signed for $14 mil Exuma hospital

By Travis Cartwright-Carroll The National Insurance Board and Reef Construction Company Ltd. yesterday signed a contract valued at nearly $14 million for a community hospital in Exuma. Construction

Khan: Radiation overdose report sensationalised

 By Yvonne Baboolal Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan is charging that a newspaper article stating there was clinical evidence of severe radiation injury in cancer patients who received treatment at

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