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EDITORIAL: Are elders being denied care due to age?

Could this be possible? Is it really true what I heard at the end of a telephone call made to a regional hospital? After interviewing a family who was finding it hard to admit an emaciated and very ill father […]

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Media and the culture of panic …when irresponsible journalism meets a public health nightmare.

EDITORIAL I thought it was just me. Luckily at least one Canadian media house identified, the Globe and the Mail. While I flipped through several news channels when the first

Of health care, recessions and lack of supplies

Caribbean Medical News would not wish to cause alarm or in any way suggest that Ministries across the Caribbean are negligent in any way should they fall short

The changing face of health care…can we afford it?

It is a well-known fact that health care cost continue to rise around the world. Despite any country’s best efforts, the burden to taxpayers to upkeep what was

The rise and fall of “the Internet Doc”

I must confess that while I have a great interest for things technological, I am not a fan of diagnoses through chat rooms or other cyberspace model where

When crisis hit us in the Caribbean

The news of the tragic deaths and disaster in our region from St Vincent to St Lucia and Dominica over the Christmas season gave us pause for thought. How

Toasting to health in the New Year

Paramount to the productivity and well-being is good health. An unhealthy workforce cannot produce and the “burden” on the State is enormous. Perhaps this reeks a bit of

FLASH FLOODING AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN GUYANA

As I write, over 30 schools are closed in and around Georgetown, Guyana as flash floods have once again hit the already below sea-level city and surrounding areas.

MANAGING PEOPLE AND COSTS IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR

Editorial It is not uncommon in the Caribbean and is often a “political football” on either side of the political divide. In times of austerity, should cuts in health

WHAT AN EXCITING SUMMER!

We all look forward to summer. Be it students who desperately need a break from school or parents who are glad to be off the usual routine of

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