Students, teachers ‘will need COVID counselling’ Anesta Henry23/05/2020072 views Children and teachers will both need counselling on their COVID-19 experience to help them to cope with returning to the school environment when schools reopen, a prominent psychologist has suggested.… Read more
A&E COVID-19 alert Randy Bennett22/05/2020074 views To date no doctor, nurse or patient warded at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has tested positive for COVID-19. However, 12 persons who visited the Accident and Emergency Department (A&E)… Read more
Man ‘stunned by QEH treatment” Anesta Henry22/05/202043167 views A 38-year-old man says he is feeling traumatized after being treated in what he described as an inhumane manner by some medical professionals at the Accident and Emergency Department of… Read more
QEH declares success in disease battles Randy Bennett22/05/2020055 views Executive chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland has declared success in the hospital’s handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost of $9 million. As she… Read more
Operation revamp Randy Bennett22/05/20200211 views The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will drastically change the way it operates when it fully re-opens after the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the word from Dr Clyde Cave, acting Director… Read more
Havana nursing team ‘huge asset’ – QEH Anesta Henry21/05/20202104 views The Cuban nurses who are treating COVID-19 patients are settling in well and are proving to be a huge asset to the short-staffed health care system, according to a senior… Read more
COVID-19 patient #89: Liz Thompson Barbados Today20/05/20200110 views Ambassador Liz Thompson, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, who rushed home from New York to be at her gravely ill mother’s bedside, has become the most prominent Barbadian to… Read more
COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new cases and one recovery Barbados Today17/05/2020080 views Two Barbadian women are the latest COVID-19 positive cases. Aged 21 and 35, they were both identified through contact tracing. The number of persons who have been confirmed infected by… Read more
COVID-19 UPDATE: Confirmed cases now 86 Barbados Today16/05/2020074 views Barbados’ latest COVID-19 positive case is a 55-year-old Barbadian man who was identified through contact tracing by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. His was the only positive test out… Read more
COVID-19 Protocols for Hairdressing Salons Barbados Today16/05/20200140 views This document outlines the strategies for the safe management and operation of hairdressing salons in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. For the purpose of this protocol, the word hairdresser… Read more