[Reprinted: HCB News, 9-8-2020] Today, Magnetic Resonance (MR) is an essential part of the radiology department’s diagnostic capabilities. This makes it easy to forget how relatively new the technology is, with systems first used in clinical practice only around 40 years ago. For much of that time, MR represented a trade-off: incredible images, particularly of soft tissues, with no radiation … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (Part 2)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 8-30-2020] Previously in Part 1, the authors explored the historicity of inequity in health care access in Jamaica resulting in poorer segments of the society often lacking access to optimal health care services. We believe that we have a unique opportunity to find creative solutions that will take advantage of the capacity within the entire health care ecosystem to … [Read more...]
Trinidad’s Health Minister Says Young People Pushing Second Wave of COVID-19
[Reprinted: CNW, 9-7-2020] Trinidad and Tobago’s Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh on Monday warned that the second wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was being spread by young people and appealed to them to follow the measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus. “And what is driving our second wave is the demographic of the 25s to 49s who are taking the virus home, infecting … [Read more...]
Long-term consequences of COVID-19: research needs
[Reprinted: Lancet Infectious Diseases, 9-1-2020] Weeks and months after the onset of acute COVID-19, people continue to suffer. Paul Garner, a professor of epidemiology at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, wrote on the 95th day after the onset of symptoms that “I am unable to be out of bed for more than three hours at a stretch, my arms and legs are permanently fizzing as if injected … [Read more...]
Jamaican doctors sitting in limbo
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-7-2020] Approximately 50 doctors who studied overseas and have returned to the island to practise have been left in limbo, after learning that the mandatory orientation process set aside for them has been delayed “until further notice”. The medical practitioners, several of whom studied in Russia and China, have been left in the cold as the Ministry of Health … [Read more...]
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