Health Care

Healthcare and insurance executives have warned that entrenched cultural attitudes among younger Barbadians are fuelling the island’s chronic disease crisis, urging earlier intervention and routine screening to reverse the trend. …

The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP), has launched a major preventative healthcare initiative aimed at reversing high rates of chronic disease, with free annual medical assessments now being offered …

A new organ transplant law will only succeed if Barbados confronts deep-rooted religious and cultural resistance to donation, independent senator and internal medicine expert Dr Kenneth Connell has warned, urging …

Barbados could soon open the door to deceased organ donation for the first time, under new legislation introduced in Parliament on Wednesday that health advocates said would ease pressure on …

Barbados is set to spearhead a major regional health initiative by proposing the creation of a CARICOM organ donor bank, ​Minister of Health Senator Lisa Cummins has told the Senate …

Children with developmental disabilities are set to benefit from a $98 000 Legacy Foundation grant supporting a collaborative initiative between the Rotary Club of Barbados South and the Albert Cecil …

The Healthier Nation Initiative (HNI), in collaboration with Ross University, brought free blood pressure and health screenings to teachers and staff at Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School, highlighting the importance …

Barbados has saved an estimated millions of dollars in overseas treatment costs while expanding access to advanced cancer care, following the introduction of a state-of-the-art linear accelerator at the Queen …

The Democratic Labour Party has hailed the Caribbean’s first Savi Scout-guided breast cancer surgeries at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) as a major achievement for Barbados. DLP shadow health minister …