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How a Jamaican student invented a self-disinfecting door handle for hospitals: ‘Design that fits reality’

ed — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:11:05 +0000

Reprinted: The Guardian, 8-12-2025 Today, Rayvon Stewart’s model is celebrated as a symbol of the Caribbean’s growing science and technology talent pool When the Jamaican university student Rayvon Stewart invented a workable model for a door handle that could disinfect itself after every touch, it was hailed as a potential gamechanger for hospitals, hotels and Read More

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Surgicalists: A savvy solution to the growing surgeon shortage for the modern hospital

ed — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:45:18 +0000

Where have all the surgeons gone? Chances are your hospital is feeling the effects of today’s shortage of general surgeons – and if not, it will soon. Recent Health Resources and Services Administration studies have reported uneven geographic distribution of general surgeons, with the most severe shortages at rural hospitals. American Association of Medical Colleges research Read More

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Wrong Leg Amputation Focuses Attention on Surgical Errors and other Medical Mistakes

ed — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:30:16 +0000

When an Austrian man had the wrong leg amputated this month, journalists and researchers took a look at medical mistakes, which were thought to be the third leading cause of death in the U.S. prior to 2020. “Human error” resulted in a man having the wrong leg amputated at a major Austrian hospital. The error occurred when Read More

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Black Patients Often Treated at Hospitals With Poorer Safety Records: Report

ed — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:42:50 +0000

Compared with white patients, Black adults are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to hospital safety in the United States, a new report warns. Black patients are significantly less likely to gain access to “high-quality” hospitals, an Urban Institute analysis found. As a result, they’re much more likely to undergo surgical procedures in facilities Read More

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Cayman Islands: Shetty plans $100M hospital in Camana Bay

ed — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:55:25 +0000

The Health City Cayman Islands management team has no regrets about opening the state-of-the-art hospital in East End but the location has proved to be the biggest lesson learned since the hospital opened seven years ago, Shomari Scott, the chief business officer at HCCI, said Friday. And so, with plans for a new state-of-the-art facility, Read More

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UHWI A Fire Hazard – Ageing Hospital Not Fit To Get Fire Certificate

ed — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:00:53 +0000

[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 Read More

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Telemedicine becoming more mainstream with healthcare providers

ed — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:06:02 +0000

Healthcare might be a phone call or click away and it’s a 30 billion dollar market that continues to grow. From the common cold, to a stroke with seconds between life and death – Telemedicine is helping to diagnose and treat patients around the globe virtually. The American Medical Association says nearly 75 percent of all Read More

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Why healthcare providers are losing the cybersecurity battle

ed — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 19:27:44 +0000

[Reprinted from MedCity News] It is time for medical organizations to re-assess the potential consequences of complacency, and equip their security teams with the resources they need to keep their staff, and ultimately their patients safe. In 2019 experts red-flagged previously unforeseen levels of attacks on healthcare providers, with the US Department of Health and Read More

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China builds state-of-the-art hospital in Dominica

ed — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:39:57 +0000

China and Dominica re-established diplomatic ties in 2004 and negotiations for the hospital started in 2010 and is part of a four-part projects agreement in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two governments. The new hospital was built by a Chinese construction firm on the same site at the present Princess Margaret Hospital Read More

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CNW Editorial: Jamaica’s Healthcare System Needs Help From the Diaspora

ed — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 19:37:09 +0000

Retirees in the Jamaican diaspora have for the past several years been deterred from returning to Jamaica to reside because of persistent crime problems. However, in addition to the crime problem, a more recent deterrent relates to issues affecting Jamaica’s healthcare system. https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/editorial/editorial-jamaicas-healthcare-system-needs-help-from-the-diaspora/

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