[Reprinted: KHN, 9-3-2019] “Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared to plunge into my mouth. In the entire history of dentistry, from caveman days to now, who has ever said no to more painkiller? Smear that gel around like spackle! She did. And then ground and scraped. And scraped and ground, for a full hour and a half. Ninety minutes later, I was writhing … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 227,977
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 10-21-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of October 21: Dominican Republic- 121,973 cases, 2204 deaths, 99,271 recovered Puerto Rico- 29,717 cases, 774 deaths French Guiana- 10,268 cases, 69 deaths, 9995 recovered Haiti- 8976 cases, 231 deaths, 7303 recovered Jamaica- 8374 cases, 174 deaths, 4002 recovered … [Read more...]
UHWI A Fire Hazard – Ageing Hospital Not Fit To Get Fire Certificate
[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 10-18-2020] For more than a decade, the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), the Caribbean region’s premier teaching medical institution, has been operating in breach of Jamaica’s fire safety standards. The revelation comes as the hospital faced an emergency scare last week in its Accident and Emergency Department and as policymakers come under criticisms … [Read more...]
Global health: time for radical change?
[Reprinted: The Lancet, 10-17-2020] What strategies should governments adopt to improve the health of their citizens? Amid the COVID-19 syndemic it would be easy to focus attention on global health security—at a minimum, strong public health and health-care systems. WHO has based its global health strategy on three pillars: universal health coverage, health emergencies, and better health and … [Read more...]
Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health opens in Kingston
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 10-18-2020] The Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health (C-TECH) has officially launched independent operations, in Kingston, expanding over 17 years of healthcare programming within Jamaica and the region. C-TECH holds strong expertise in implementing innovative HIV prevention, care and treatment programmes and has now broadened its scope to combat … [Read more...]
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