UWI Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/uwi/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:18:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png UWI Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/uwi/ 32 32 Robotic-assisted surgery may cut waiting times in Trinidad and Tobago https://ecsii.com/robotic-assisted-surgery-may-cut-waiting-times-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:18:45 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4238 Trinidad and Tobago may soon see the wait-time for surgical procedures lessened, thanks to the introduction of robotics. It was announced on Friday that four robotic-assisted surgeries had been done at the Port of Spain General Hospital in September using the Freehand Panorama CoBot (a robotic surgical assistant). It was also announced a group of Read More

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]]> UHWI A Fire Hazard – Ageing Hospital Not Fit To Get Fire Certificate https://ecsii.com/uhwi-a-fire-hazard-ageing-hospital-not-fit-to-get-fire-certificate/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:00:53 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3359 [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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]]> Virus uncovers biases in health system regionally, says UWI lecturer https://ecsii.com/virus-uncovers-biases-in-health-system-regionally-says-uwi-lecturer/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:09:41 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2783 [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 Read More

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]]> UWI Engineering Team Breathing Life Into Broken Ventilators https://ecsii.com/uwi-engineering-team-breathing-life-into-broken-ventilators/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:18:29 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2761 [Reprinted: The Gleaner, 4-23-2020] A team at Mona-Tech Engineering Services has embarked on a mission to repair ventilators and biomedical equipment in the island’s public health sector free of charge as the island tackles the coronavirus pandemic. The deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, which surfaced in China late last year sweeping the rest of the world, causes Read More

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