International students attending medical schools in the Caribbean are being saddled with huge loan debts while facing limited chances of securing residency positions needed to become practising doctors, a new study has said. The students, primarily from the US and Canada, are lured to the for-profit medical schools after failing to gain admission in their home countries. However, many find it … [Read more...]
Caribbean nations are hitting the panic button amid a massive ‘brain drain’ in the health sector
According to a media report by Caribbean news now, Dominica is reintroducing a training program for healthcare nurses to address the rise of deaths caused by the rise in chronic Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs). Reportedly, Dominica’s prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit at his recent swearing-in of Cabinet Minister following the snap elections that happened on December 6 announced, “ Today, I am … [Read more...]
Caribbean countries to benefit from new PAHO initiative piloted in Trinidad and Tobago
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has developed a digital platform to bring telehealth services to remote populations in Latin American and Caribbean countries, making telemedicine the “new normal” for healthcare workers and patients managing chronic diseases. It said based on open-source technology, PAHO’s All-in-ONE Telehealth platform was developed in 2022 thanks to the … [Read more...]
Public Health Crisis in Grenada
Grenadians are failing to get adequate health services, and the west is responsible for it Grenada’s minister of health, Senator Jonathan LaCrette, called on doctors and nurses in Grenada to not take up employment abroad, emphasising that Grenada’s healthcare system will crumble if they leave. According to the Caribbean National Weekly, Grenada’s minister of health, Senator of Grenada … [Read more...]
Guyana to invest billions in developing health sector
The Guyana government says it intends to spend an estimated GUY$125 billion (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in improving the health care services for residents in the hinterland supporting critical upgrades to hospitals over the next three years. President Dr Irfaan Ali, speaking at the commissioning of the new SMART hospital at Mabaruma in Region One, said that health facilities in other … [Read more...]
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