Last Friday, a tragic boat accident on the Crooked Tree Lagoon, involving two Coast Guard boats, claimed the life of twenty year old Benjamin Gentle Junior. Eight others, all high school students, were injured and rushed either to the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk or the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City with […]
Benque Viejo del Carmen has been without the service of an ambulance for several months now, reportedly because the vehicle which was donated to the clinic by the embassy of Italy a few years ago, has been confiscated by Guatemalan authorities. News Five has attempted to confirm the story; however, we were unable to get […]
The Belize City Council will be teaming up with the Body 2000 Fitness Club and the Belize Diabetes Association to get citizens in shape. It’s an initiative which gets underway on Tuesday and makes use of facilities in different parts of the city. This morning, the council launched the Get Moving Belize program at the […]
It’s one of the more unsightly and uncomfortable skin infections that you can encounter. Let’s face it: Boils can be a literal pain. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we get some advice on how best to treat and prevent this common infection. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Your skin begins to redden; it has gotten increasingly tender […]
At least one person, a twenty-seven year old woman Shahera Bodden, has died of complications of H1N1. But with the flu season in full swing, the Ministry of Health today sent out an advisory to remind the public that is in heightened surveillance for any Influenza or Severe Acute Respiratory Illness. According to the Ministry, […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital will now be offering a full range of cardiology services. The K.H.M.H. partnered with the Carolina Healthcare System’s International Medical Outreach to establish its first fully-equipped echocardiography laboratory. The program was inaugurated today and the K.H.M.H. is benefiting not only from equipment but also training for doctors and nurses. Representatives […]
It is the beginning of the year and many of us surely over indulged in food and other goodies over the holidays so it is time to get back to an exercise regime. There are many tips or plans to start with, but there are few that are carried out faithfully. Healthy Living sat one-on-one […]
The H1N1 also known as the swine flu has resurfaced in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. But there is no need to panic, there is need for caution, because in Belize, only one person, a female, has died from the Influenza. That was confirmed by the Ministry of Health this morning at a press […]
At this time of the year, there is increased influenza activity so there is need for caution by the public. Back in 2009, there was a scare due to an outbreak of swine flu in neighboring Mexico and other parts of the world. The virus caused many deaths throughout Central America, the Caribbean and the […]
It is well known that prevention is better than cure. The ministry says that easy practices and good hygiene such as the covering of mouths when coughing can assist to prevent the spread of the influenza. But the ministry stresses that if after seventy-two hours with symptoms and no signs of recovery, persons must seek […]
Another suspected case of H-one N-one, Influenza A virus, has been reported in the north. While it remains to be confirmed by the Ministry of Health, News Five understands that a resident of Paraiso Village, who was reportedly diagnosed with swine flu in Mexico, succumbed to the illness recently. That information, we are told, has […]
Prior to the press conference by the Ministry of Health on the reports of Influenza A H-one N-one, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital held an informal press briefing to introduce a new two-year residency program for emergency medicine and response. The initiative, called the Belize Emergency Development Program, has been years in the making and […]
According to the team, emergency medicine, if not the most popular, is one of the top choices of specialty training in the United States. While its practice is relatively young, it was developed following the experience in Vietnam where the importance of rapid transport and treatment of injured victim within the first hour of trauma […]
Earlier we reported that a twenty-nine year old mother, Shahira Bodden had died due to the H-one N-one influenza. Another disease that has been detected in Belize is Leptospirosis. And according to the Ministry of Health, it has caused the death of a forty-seven year old resident of Belize City. The only other death recorded […]
The Ministry of Health will be hosting a press briefing on Wednesday in which it will be releasing the results and the management of the recent H-one N-one Influenza cases across the country. Five cases were being tested at CAREC. From what News Five has learnt, there is reason for concern because the influenza has […]
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health issued a release cautioning Belizeans about the seasonal flu. Included in the update was that there was one suspected cases of H-one N-one pending confirmation. Back in 2009, the entire world was on the edge fearing the global pandemic of H-one N-one; so what is the situation now? All […]
The flu season is taking its toll in Belize. And so far, we can confirm that there have been two deaths due to influenza and there are several patients admitted at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with severe respiratory infections. But the Ministry of Health has another major concern in its hands because there are […]
There is another health concern. As we reported on Tuesday night, former traffic officer, Michael Lewis died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital by what his family says was a confirmed case of the disease. The family was also told that others had been diagnosed with leptospirosis. But sources tell News Five that Lewis was […]
The post-mortem examination may reveal that Tillett died as a result of the head wound he suffered on New Year’s Day…or as a consequence of his heart condition, related or unrelated to that head injury. But whatever the result, and whenever they get it, Tillett’s family still feels that the K.H.M.H. is ultimately responsible for […]
Tonight there are unconfirmed reports that the Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into five deaths, allegedly caused by an infectious bacterial disease known as leptospirosis. Lepto occurs in dogs, rodents and other mammals, but can be transmitted to humans, mainly through the urine or feces of infected animals. News Five has been able […]
In May of 2013, a bacterial outbreak at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital flooded the airwaves when some seven babies reportedly died after they were infected with enterobacter cloacae within the confines of the hospital. The scandal broke after a reported thirteen premature babies within the neonatal intensive care unit died within twenty days under […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in 2013 had a record number of births with approximately seven hundred and ninety-eight normal deliveries and over eight hundred via C-Section; in December alone, there were one hundred and seventy-eight deliveries. But even more impressive is that for the second year, the hospital has had zero percent maternal mortality […]
With a new year comes new life and this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital there was a celebration of new births to the Jewel. The first three babies born at the K.H.M.H. for the year 2014 were all girls. The first baby girl was born at six-twenty on January first to her twenty-year-old […]
New Year’s resolutions are often promises made after a long year of striving to walk the straight and narrow. For some, determination and consistency make the oath achievable, while others tend to give up a few weeks into the year. Tonight’s Healthy Living looks at resolutions and what they mean to personal development. {Feature […]
Twenty-two-year-old Geon Hanson, a well-known Belizean cyclist, remains in stable condition, following a near-fatal road traffic accident on Christmas Eve. The young rider was training for the upcoming New Year’s Day Cycling Classic along the George Price Highway on Tuesday morning when he was hit by a commuter bus. As a result, Hanson sustained severe […]
