Health Care

As Barbados pauses to reflect on nearly six decades of Independence, Verdun House and Marina House stand quietly in St John as “spaces of hope and healing” to remind the …

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has turned a page on decades of neighbours’ complaints of smoke emissions from its incinerator, with chief executive Neil Clark hailing the arrival of a cleaner …

By Tracy Moore Strengthening public education on human papillomavirus (HPV) and improving awareness among high-risk groups will be essential if Barbados is to curb rising rates of oropharyngeal cancers, according …

By Tracy Moore Barbadian doctors are being urged to adopt targeted, high-risk screening for head and neck cancers, as global incidence continues to rise and new thyroid cancer guidelines reshape …

The importance of screening and early cancer detection dominated Saturday’s session of the annual conference of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP), held under the theme ‘A Holistic Approach to Cancer …

By Tracy Moore Only a quarter of colorectal cancer cases in Barbados are currently detected through screening, according to data presented by oncologist Dr Lalitha Sripathi during Day One of …

By Tracy Moore Plans for establishing a structured palliative care service in Barbados are currently being discussed, according to Dr Carlos Chase, Director of Medical Services at the Queen Elizabeth …

By Tracy Moore Barbados will soon resume radiation therapy for cancer patients with the reactivation of its upgraded treatment facilities – a development oncologist Dr Lalitha Sripathi says is both …

Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School has received a set of digital learning kits, the latest in a national drive to address learning setbacks and student disengagement caused by the COVID-19 …