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June 10, 2020

‘Encouraging panorama’ to develop Puerto Rico’s medical tourism industry

[Reprinted: News Is My Business, 6-9-2020] The medical tourism industry in Puerto Rico has an opportunity for growth on the island, due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19, said Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy. “The emergency due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States allows Puerto Rico to be an option for the practice of medical tourism,” he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Coronavirus in Caribbean, COVID-19, Featured, Medical Tourism, Puerto Rico

April 28, 2020

Virus uncovers biases in health system regionally, says UWI lecturer

[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 4-28-2020] A clinical pharmacology lecturer at The University of the West Indies (UWI) is arguing that the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the Caribbean has highlighted societal biases in the regional health system. As such, Dr Kenneth Connell is urging regional governments to take the opportunity to teach health care workers how to identify and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Barbados, Caribbean, Communicable Diseases, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured, Pandemic, Trinidad & Tobago, UWI

April 24, 2020

Chest X-rays not reliable in diagnosing COVID-19 respiratory infections

[Reprinted: HealthCareBusiness, 4-21-2020] Performing a chest X-ray may do very little good diagnosing conditions that are the result of COVID-19, says a newly published study. Radiologists at the Ohio State University College of Medicine assert that chest X-rays are not reliable in diagnosing respiratory infections caused by the virus, based on an analysis which found such scans to be normal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chest X-ray, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured Tagged With: Chest X-rays

September 10, 2019

CNW: New Project to Detect Sickle Cell in New-Born Babies in OECS

The St. Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) said Monday that babies being born in Grenada and Antigua-Barbuda are to benefit from a new sickle cell project which will test for the disease.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caribbean Health, Featured, OECS, Public Health

August 27, 2019

Jamaica’s Public Healthcare Sector in Dire Crisis

  CNW Network - August 2019 Many Jamaican immigrants living in the United States and the UK list the deplorable condition of the Jamaican health care system as one of the reasons they are fearful of returning home after retiring. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Public Health Tagged With: Jamaica Ministry of Health & Wellness

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