How much did the Government know about the situation with the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, and how much of its current state could have been prevented? These are the questions being asked by the Opposition People’s United Party tonight. This afternoon, John Briceño told reporters that the K.H.M.H. would have been a fit and proper […]
There is another crisis on the government’s hand, for which urgent action is required. An emergency meeting was held on Friday night of the board of governors of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. This is after debris started falling from the ceiling in certain sections of the hospital. In fact, patients had to be moved […]
The People’s United Party this afternoon condemned the Government saying the neglect of the K.H.M.H. is unacceptable. The P.U.P. states that between the period 2008 and 2014, the condition of the roof at the K.H.M.H. had been documented in the minutes of many Board meetings and that the Ministry of Health had been kept apprised […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital says that it is operating on an ‘emergency mode’ after a section of the hospital’s roof collapsed. According to the hospital, a preliminary structural assessment shows a need for immediate reinforcement to a section of the building. The necessary repair has started and is affecting key areas within the K.H.M.H., […]
If you have an interest in teaching yoga for kids, there is an international yoga instructor in country. Ann Robideaux is in Belize for the next few days to teach persons interested in yoga teacher training. Om Shanti Belize is hosting the yoga workshop from Friday, March sixteenth through to Sunday, March eighteenth. Robideaux tells […]
Easter is quickly approaching and following the tragic drowning of a teen at a pool party last week it is a good time to discuss water safety. Tonight in Healthy Living, we visit the Y.W.C.A. and spoke to two senior lifeguards about water safety and hazards. Marleni Cuellar reporting Belize is blessed with beautiful […]
This evening, there was mass movement at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. News Five understands that there were issues with the ceiling of the national referral hospital, necessitating urgent action. We are told that doctors and nurses had to be called back to the hospital to assist with the evacuation. Late this […]
Hand in Hand Ministries received a fifteen thousand dollar cheque from Smart today. The donation will be used to cover operations cost for the outreach program of the non-profit organization which includes serving children living with HIV. News Five’s Andrea Polanco stopped in at the handing over today. , Director of Operations, Hand in […]
On Monday, we reported on a woman who is operating as a healthcare practitioner in northern Belize without a license. The British woman, identified as Amanda Mary Jewell, according to online reports, has a long history of medical fraud in at least four other countries before she arrived in Belize. She claims to be a […]
The Ministry of Health indicates it will launch another investigation into a British health practitioner reportedly based in Belize. The Daily Mirror in the U.K. has printed an expose naming forty-nine year old Amanda Mary Jewell, who goes by Mary, as a “quack,” giving victims of cancer false hope with bogus treatments using dangerous and banned products. […]
Back in 2010, we shared the story of Anicee Lamaroux who was six-years-old at the time and was living with a rare brittle bone disorder called Osteogenesis Imperfecta that left her severely deformed. An American couple who also have the same condition adopted Anicee. Since then she has been living in the U.S and says […]
Our eyes play a vital role in our quality of life. However, even though our vision is so important to us, we don’t make the time to check-up on them. In fact, we usually wait for something to go wrong before we do. The general rule is that every person should get an eye exam […]
Not because Valentine’s Day is over means that all the talk about your heart should stop. In fact, it is always a good time to talk about the health of the heart. In Belize, heart disease continues to be one of our leading causes of death. There are a number of factors that may put […]
Since its last mission to Belize in 2017, a team of doctors has returned to perform various procedures on four children afflicted with heart disease. Those operations, facilitated through the Rotary Gift of Life Program, were all successful and the patients are recuperating in ward at the K.H.M.H. Among them are two infants, Leiny and […]
One-year-old Leiny Montalvo is diagnosed with PDA, an abnormal blood flow occurring between two of the major arteries connected to her heart. Along with her parents, she has traveled all the way from Chunox to Belize City for this special procedure. The family has been struggling financially to seek medical attention outside of the country. […]
The Ministry of Health has been monitoring measles in the region. While to date there are only two confirmed reported cases of the viral infection in Guatemala and Antigua, health authorities are concerned. They say they want to keep the public informed on this very contagious disease since it presents a real threat to Belize. […]
There is some good news coming out of the Ministry of Health that is having an impact in the region. A team from Guyana is currently in the country studying the Belize Health Information System, which is a database of health statistics. The system has been working up to par and the Pan American Health […]
It’s that time of the year again. The Kidney Association of Belize is officially announcing its upcoming annual kidney walk and health fair, set for the third and ninth of March, respectively. High blood pressure and diabetes are the main causes of chronic kidney disease and with a population that is generally overweight; there are […]
According to Itch, over the years, Belizeans have failed to recognize that there is an increased number of persons being diagnosed with renal failure; majority, when the disease is already at an advanced stage. As a result, the Kidney Association of Belize, through its empowerment campaign, will also put off its annual health fair with […]
There is good news coming out the country’s largest referral hospital, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. That is that the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is finally in operation. It’s been two years since the official handing over of the completed unit took place. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we find out what caused the delay and […]
In recent years, there has been a big push to curb childhood obesity. The Ministry of Health and other local stakeholders have been working on a comprehensive plan to take on this growing public health challenge. Back in October, we showed you how government officials and representatives from a wide cross-section of agencies and partners […]
At the end of January, the Ministry of Health in Belize issued an advisory on the presence of measles in Central America. It’s one imported case – which means an individual contracted the disease outside of this region and traveled to Guatemala. Now, with only one confirmation in the entire region, is it much ado […]
The Ministry of Health today received equipment that will assist in the testing of samples to detect various diseases common to Belize such as dengue. The technology is valued at seventy-five thousand dollars and will assist the ministry to promptly deter epidemiological incidents. The gifting took place in Belize City where representatives from various agencies […]
In health news, Belize has not seen a case of measles since 1991. But there is a general alert out tonight from the Ministry of Health after the highly infectious viral disease recently showed up in neighboring Guatemala, on the heels of an increase of cases in the region in 2017. The suspected cases are […]
Should you or shouldn’t you invest in health insurance? We have all heard stories of families who after one major medical trauma have incurred major debt. Right here in our nightly newscast, we’ve aired many public pleas for assistance when families simply have nowhere else left to turn. So is investing in healthcare a practical […]
