The recent eviction of vendors from the Western Regional Hospital, as part of an effort to rid the facility of a grave rodent infestation, has raised the ire of sellers who earn their living by selling food at the hospital. They contend that in all their years of doing business on the compound, their stalls […]
While there is no timeline for the re-positioning of the vendors, Doctor Allen told the media earlier today that while the Belmopan City Council empathizes with them, the mayor and his councilors also understand the gravity of the situation at Western Regional. Dr. Peter Allen, CEO, Ministry of Health “Certainly we sympathize with that situation, we can’t, […]
Nolberta Sanchez died at the K.H.M.H. on September tenth after undergoing surgery several hours earlier in Belmopan, where she gave birth to a child via caesarian section. When doctors at the Western Regional Hospital were unable to stem the hemorrhaging, they transferred the mother of four to Belize City. Sadly, the prolonged ordeal came to […]
The proverbial buck, the outcome of all the scandals that have besieged the Western Regional Hospital since the beginning of the year, stops at the Minister of Health. He, in turn, has placed the blame squarely at the feet of the hospital’s administration. So, will heads roll in the wake of the massive rodent infestation, […]
Caribbean Wellness Week is being celebrated under the theme: Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Aging. Several activities have been scheduled for this week to encourage Belizeans to adopt healthy lifestyle changes. Today, I visited the Wellness Open Day organized by the Ministry of Health and its partners to get some advice on the importance and tips of […]
Tonight there is little progress in the tragic death of twenty-nine year old Nolberta Sanchez. The mother of four died at the K.H.M.H. after giving birth to a healthy child and then undergoing what the family claims was a hopelessly botched hysterectomy at the Western Regional Hospital. Last week, the Ministry of Health brought in […]
On September third, an elderly woman was struck by a motorist while walking along the Phillip Goldson Highway near mile two. Maria Dolores Castro was severely injured during the accident, breaking both an arm and a leg as a result. Since then she has been admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and […]
The Belize Hospital Symposium 2015 commenced today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The event is the first of its kind in the jewel and was organized by Sagicor and Diversified Life Solutions (Belize) Limited. The two-day conference seeks to bring medical professionals, insurance agents and other stakeholders to the discussion table to look […]
But does Belize have the adequate facilities in place to deal with health conditions that are on the rise? According to Vice President of Group Insurance for Sagicor Life Inc, Patricia Brathwaite-Marshall, the purpose of the symposium is not to demean Belize’s health system, but to ensure that insurers as well as stakeholders in the […]
Rats and snakes at the Western Regional Hospital….even the international media has been covering the scandalous state of affairs of the hospital. Today, it was about the hospital’s laundry found on the highway. But back to the rats…on Friday, you heard the Minister of Health pointing fingers at Hospital Administrator, Bernadette Seaver, and Regional Health […]
The letter was issued to the vendors on Friday following a notice that the hospital administration was requesting a meeting with them. That meeting never happened and they were in fact served with the eviction letters, which were signed by Senior Health Inspector, Mark Bernard, and copied to the Belmopan mayor, the Belmopan area rep., […]
By now, a video showing a large rat inside a sterile incubator at the Western Regional Hospital just after it bit a newborn has gone viral. Even before that, the images of rats infiltrating the pantry and storage room at the hospital made everybody feel sick and disgusted. And even those unbelievable scenarios perhaps pales […]
Where the rats are concerned, though, Minister of Health Pablo Marin takes no blame. He heaps that squarely on the shoulders of Western Regional Manager, Melinda Guerra, and Administrator, Bernadette Seaver. Marin says that they have not been doing their jobs competently, and more than that, he claims that he has written to the Public […]
On Thursday, news broke that a mother of four from Big Falls had died at the K.H.M.H. after surgery at the Western Regional Hospital. Nolberta Sanchez was haemorrhaging profusely after she had given birth to a baby girl and had undergone a hysterectomy. What should have been a happy time for family ended in the […]
This morning, there was a critical meeting at the Western Regional Hospital concerning the tragic case of Nolberta Sanchez. We’re told it included all those who tended to her, as well as specialists from the K.H.M.H. who are acting as external evaluators to determine if indeed there was negligence. Nobody at the facility is talking […]
Today, when we spoke to Minister of Health Pablo Marin, we did so at a most auspicious occasion – the opening of a brand-new operating theatre at the Corozal Community Hospital. In the midst of what seems to be excessive bad news for the Ministry of Health, today was like a breath of fresh air […]
While the operating theatre is no doubt a boon for the hospital, there is already a black cloud hanging over its opening. About a week ago one of the surgical units slated for use in the operating theatre was stolen. It’s believed to be an inside job, and Police are investigating. Pablo Marin, Minister […]
First it was rats that took over the Western Regional Hospital, then recently a huge rodent bit a newborn baby. There is also the case of a snake that bit a nurse at the hospital in the nation’s capital. So where will it all end? Tonight, we have another disturbing story; it involves a case […]
According to Romero, his wife was transported by ambulance to Belize City. Upon arriving at the K.H.M.H., doctors immediately went to work and identified that a substantial amount of blood had coagulated inside Sanchez’s abdomen. The surgeons at the hospital exhausted all options trying to save her, but at three-forty-five last Thursday afternoon, she died […]
At this time of the year and in the month of October, the number of persons affected by the flu or respiratory diseases goes up. While many persons resist getting the flu vaccine, it advisable to do so and do so early because it takes two weeks for it to work best. This year’s flu […]
The Western Regional Zoo…sorry we meant Hospital, is back in the news tonight, and as our viewers have come to expect, it’s not good. Just over a week ago a newborn baby was bitten by a huge rat while in a sterile incubator in the nursery at the hospital. And tonight News Five has confirmed […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this week with a series of activities that are being held across the institution to commemorate that milestone. Since assuming the post of Chief Executive Officer earlier this year, Dr. Adrian Coye has been instrumental in facilitating the unionization of K.H.M.H. employees. You would recall […]
Construction of a chapel is underway on the grounds of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where families will be able to congregate for spiritual upliftment. Funded by the Government of Belize and the Council of Churches, the one hundred and fifty thousand dollar project is expected to be completed by December of this year. A […]
The Palm Centre is a residential psychiatric facility currently housing thirty-five patients, primarily persons that have been de-institutionalized from the Rockview Hospital, but have nowhere else to go and no family to care for them. The facility is currently in the centre of a Police investigation after disturbing allegations of a rape last week. Police […]
The outrageous allegation of the sexual assault of an elderly woman inside a mental health facility is unthinkable as is the accusation against another, much younger, mentally challenged patient. The matter is being dealt with as a criminal investigation by Belmopan police. According to C.E.O., Dr. Peter Allen, the ministry has taken all necessary measures […]
