Barbados is experiencing the effects of a “tidal wave” of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which is threatening to have an even…
Sixteen-year-old Ezekiel Ramsay has not been able to walk with any degree of assuredness, run, or kick a ball since…
Fed up with the run around she has been getting from Government, a former Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) nurse says…
Retired psychiatrist Dr Ermine Belle is calling for greater sensitivity on the part of those responsible for providing care for…
Two medical doctors and a hospital administrator are recommending that Government should treat public health as a productive sector, apply…
The Principal of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Professor Eudine Barriteau has called on the Freundel…
While welcoming a media report that an offshore medical university resident in Barbados planned to offer free clinics, Senator Carol…
Barbadian doctors who receive their medical training in Cuba must be prepared to sit the Caribbean Association of Medical Councils…
The University of the West Indies (UWI) today came under sharp criticism from Government Senator Jeptor Ince, who knocked the…
Government-run homes for the elderly are bursting at the seams and the situation is likely to get even more dire…
Pressure is building in the local health care sector, with the president of the Barbados Nurses Association (BNA) Blondelle Mullin…
Two new ambulances will be added to the current fleet of emergency services vehicles on Tuesday, Minister of Health John…
The Ministry of Health is looking to expand its internship programme into polyclinics and private hospitals across the island. Minister…
A regional health official today warned of a possible rise in the number of Zika cases once the rainy season…
Government is pressing ahead with plans to construct a new hospital, even as Minister of Health John Boyce said he…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it will be offering technical cooperation to support pilot studies of new mosquito…
One in every ten deaths in Barbados since 1980 has been diabetes-related but the representative of the Pan American Health…
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