Dengue is on the rise in Belize City…that’s the news coming out of the Public Health Sector. The Central Health Region is reporting that since July there has been a spike in the number of cases of persons affected with dengue hemorrhagic fever, specifically in south side Belize City. As a result, the Vector Control […]
According to the Health Unit, the spike, in most cases, is due to the lack of maintenance of property in south side Belize City. District Supervisor of the Central Health Region, Egner Lalin, says that prevention measures remain the same and gave additional advice to the public when they go around spraying. Egner Lalin, […]
The public health system is once again under intense scrutiny, following the suspension of a pair of administrators from the Primary Care Provider Clinics in Dangriga and Punta Gorda, respectively. Harry Sabal and Kayla Hoare have both been temporarily removed from their posts after it was discovered that there are financial irregularities at their individual […]
A few weeks ago, we featured a special medical mission running diagnostic tests on children with developmental disorders. As with all other medical conditions, early detection is directly related to the quality of life that a child with a developmental disorder could have. So tonight on healthy living, at this time when parents are getting […]
World Breastfeeding Month is being celebrated globally to encourage new and expecting moms to give their newborns the best start in life with breastfeeding. The overall aim is to have mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies from birth to the first six months of their lives. It means no formula, no water, no anise seed, no […]
Countrywide, there are many camps being hosted for children to occupy them during their summer break. It’s a win-win situation for parents and children as parents get to keep the children engaged and children get to catch up on academic, sports and artistic expressions. There is one camp that is being hosted by the Belize […]
BCVI and the Lions have been in partnership for decades. Today, the official handing over of two projects that BCVI was able to secure through the local Belize Lions took place. The Lions Club International Foundation funded a first project and the other was by Sight First International. Duane Moody was present for the event […]
Currently, the Friends of Pediatrics N.G.O. is hosting a highly anticipated medical mission for Belizean children. Over thirty families will be directly impacted by the work of two visiting medical professionals. In tonight’s Healthy Living visited the Inspiration Center to find out more about what this long awaited mission entails. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Belizeans […]
Earlier, we reported on the murder of San Pedrano, Felix Alamilla. His death has brought to light a serious problem on the main tourism island of San Pedro. For years, residents have been clamoring for an adequate public medical facility which would include a morgue. According to Doctor Giovanni Solorzano, Alamilla could have been saved […]
Nasley Sommerville, the former administrator of the Southern Regional Hospital, was a no show at a scheduled Public Services Commission hearing today in Belmopan. Sommerville was named prominently in an audit of the Southern Region which pointed to the misappropriation of over three hundred and seventy thousand dollars. It is alleged that Sommerville, over the […]
Antonette Pilgrim, of the Belize Cancer Society of California, is currently in the country. She spoke to News Five today about a month long series of activities involving cancer awareness that is taking place around the country. Pilgrim is collaborating with the Belize Cancer Society in organizing cancer boutiques in various districts to update women […]
There aren’t statistics available in Belize about how often women develop gestational diabetes. In the US, though, it is estimated that as many as one in ten women will develop this condition. The main population affected is women of African and Hispanic descent. This would mean that based on our ethnicities, Belizean women are at […]
The nation’s largest referral hospital has been taking some solid hits lately, with the revelations of significant steps taken by the Board of Governors. Chair of the Board Chandra Nisbet-Cansino broke the news to the media on Tuesday, but today News Five got the chance to put the questions to Ministry of Health C.E.O. Peter […]
Minister Pablo Marin went one step further than saying he knew about the decisions of the Board. He says he was visited by the Chair who updated him on the situation with Carlos Perera, the Finance Department and the questionable purchases of x-ray machines, and he was the one who actually recommended the audit. Today, […]
This morning, the Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health benefitted from a donation of eleven Toyota Hilux pickup trucks, courtesy of the European Union in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization. The trucks will be put to immediate use in the districts to bolster the unit’s surveillance and prevention activities where vector-borne diseases […]
While the K.H.M.H. is the current hot topic in the news, everybody’s still waiting to see what will happen with the very disturbing case of the Southern Regional Hospital. As you heard earlier in the news, Health C.E.O. Peter Allen says he’s been trying to get an update from Police on the way forward in […]
In the case of Central Health Region administrator, Police were not called in. An audit revealed serious irregularities, misuse of funds and the alleged breaching of the financial orders by Guerra and other persons. But strangely, Guerra has held on to her position as manager of the Central Region. Not only that…but News Five has […]
On June thirtieth a discarded fetus was discovered under a hospital bed in the observation room in the Accident and Emergency Ward. It caused a stink, both literally and in the public arena. The Police commenced an investigation, but that apparently died in the water since the KHMH issued a very glib and ambiguous release, […]
Today the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital received a much needed donation of medical supplies from the Sunrise Rotary Club in Belize. It’s the result of a collaboration between the local chapter and their counterparts in Port Moody, Canada, and was born out of a request made for school supplies and book There was a request […]
Summer is here! It’s hot, it’s humid and many families need very little excuse to spend some time outdoors. Unfortunately, bacteria also loves hot and humid conditions. This is part of the reason why during the warmer months, there are usually more cases of food poisoning. Tonight in Healthy Living, we sit down with a […]
Danini Contreras is the daughter of U.D.P. Minister Erwin Contreras. She is also the newly appointed Director of the Drug Inspectorate, a post that was created for her. It’s an appointment that has caused no end of discontent, primarily in the Pharmacy Association but also in the Ministry of Health. The situation has gotten so […]
At the beginning of June, the Ministry of Health, through its National Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and other STIs Program, released its 2013 report for the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the country. The results were damning. It showed that over the past three years, the number of new cases of the virus has remained almost constant. Two […]
A two-day cancer consultation concluded today at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. Stakeholders from various agencies and ministry officials convened to look at the cancer plan that was developed in 2013 and to create the medium-term and long-term actions that need to be implemented given the limited renounces in the country. Along with the Pan […]
Twenty days ago, baby Laureny Pena was born to Corozal resident, Laura Pena, by cesarean section. She was past the due date by a week, but nothing seemed amiss and the mother and newborn were discharged from the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk Town. All seemed well until Saturday night when the couple had […]
Police are investigating the discovery of skull seen inside a broken tomb at the Lord Ridge Cemetery in Belize City. It was detected on Monday evening by mourners attending a funeral. They reported a foul smell coming from the tomb, even though the burial date of the person in the tomb was back in 1990. […]
