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Since the announcement on Monday that the Briceño administration has replaced Michel Chebat as Minister of Health and Wellness, we have been fielding various perspectives on the ability of his successor to reorganize the public health system amid the ongoing pandemic. With former two-time Orange Walk Mayor Kevin Bernard at the helm, his cabinet colleagues […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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While on Open Your Eyes Minister Julius Espat was also asked for his thoughts on this week’s Cabinet reshuffle. Here is what he had to say. Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing “I have been a manager for thirty years. Shuffling is a norm. A leader of a country, or of a […]
Written on January 12, 2022 | Posted in
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The U.S. Government today donated twelve ventilators to the Ministry of Health and Wellness to support the ongoing fight against COVID-19. The donation was facilitated by the U.S. Embassy Security Cooperation Office and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense Southern Command through its Humanitarian Assistance Program. Valued at four hundred thousand Belize dollars, the […]
Written on January 11, 2022 | Posted in
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From the significantly higher number of new infections being reported over the last two weeks, and the longer lines of people at the testing sites, Omicron is probably already spreading across Belize. Today, like last week, there were long lines at the three testing sites we visited. Deputy Manager for the Central Health Region, Dr. […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Dr. Musa said that some two hundred thousand Belizeans have been fully vaccinated, but that the persons with the lowest turnout right now are minors. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Deputy Manager, Central Health Region “When we look at the targeted population, which is the population from twelve and above, you know that that number then […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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When asked how does he respond to people who might say they aren’t getting vaccinated because the vaccinated are getting COVID anyway, Dr. Cuellar said he can say for certain, in his own case, the vaccine protected him from even worse symptoms. Perhaps even from dying. Dr. Fernando Cuellar, Internist, Intensive Special Care, MBA […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Dr. Fernando Cuellar also said on Open Your Eyes that COVID-19 is here to stay, and people will need to have larger discussions about reopening the country. But at the same time, the same groups of older people or those with other health conditions remain at risk, even from Omicron that is often described as […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Before the news broke at noon that the Minister of Health was being changed in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet reshuffle, Dr. Fernando Cuellar said the leadership situation at the Ministry must be addressed. He has been an outspoken critic of the Ministry in recent weeks, and today he told the hosts of Open Your Eyes […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Eli Romero, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at N.C.F.C, spoke of the importance of preparing children for the reopening of school. Romero also addressed the need for shared monitoring to ensure schools are doing their best to prepare a safe space for those children returning. Eli Romero, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, National Commission for Families […]
Written on January 7, 2022 | Posted in
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As the pandemic drags on, it is easy to get depressed or feel the weight of the seemingly endless stream of warnings and even sorrow. But, today the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital provided a bright spot with a video they made celebrating those who made it out of the COVID unit, and those who helped […]
Written on January 7, 2022 | Posted in
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With a new wave of Covid-19 infections now affecting almost every country, in Mexico, the state of Quintana Roo will institute its code yellow alert system beginning January tenth. The code, which indicates people can resume limited activities but with caution, will be in effect until January sixteenth. Mexico’s color code system ranges from the […]
Written on January 7, 2022 | Posted in
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If you’re a COVID patient and you’re at home struggling to breathe, doctors recommend obtaining a tiny instrument that could mean the difference between life and death. In fact, anyone who suffers from a respiratory illness can purchase this, and they are not that expensive. Here’s Marion Ali with this week’s COVID Chronicles. Marion […]
Written on January 6, 2022 | Posted in
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The staff at K.H.M.H. is fighting its own wave of infections. Currently, some twenty staff members at the hospital are out with COVID-19. That number could rapidly increase, which would potentially leave the hospital’s operation in limbo. C.E.O. Cansino told us more. Chandra Cansino, C.E.O., Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital “That is one of the […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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While active COVID-19 cases are currently above two thousand, the number of persons admitted to the COVID Unit at the K.H.M.H. right now is low. As of Tuesday, only twelve persons were admitted, and only five of them are actually COVID-positive. There are concerns for the unvaccinated, however, because they account for forty percent of […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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The Social Security Board and its N.H.I. Department has partnered with the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to provide affordable treatment for cancer patients. S.S.B. invested one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in medication for those battling colon, lung, stomach, breast and prostate cancers. N.H.I. tendered and procured the medications which were handed over to the […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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These medications will be available at a lower cost at the hospital, because N.H.I. was able to negotiate a discounted price. Chandra Cansino, C.E.O. at K.H.M.H., explained that prior to this purchase, patients were required to pay much high prices for medication outside the hospital. Chandra Cansino, C.E.O., Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital “As you […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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Two former Ministry of Health C.E.O.s are now employed at the National Health Insurance Department. Doctor Ramon Figueroa, the General Manager of N.H.I., was the C.E.O. at ministry under former U.D.P. Minister Pablo Marin, when he was transferred to N.H.I. While information at the time suggested that Marin and Figueroa had a strained working relationship, […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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Like government departments across the nation, the National Health Insurance’s budget was reduced at the onset of the pandemic. This no doubt affected the quality of healthcare the most vulnerable population was able to receive. Their budget has since been reinstated, which has led to certain modifications. Dr. Figueroa shared further details about the future […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa, his wife Carla, and the couple’s eleven-year-old son, contracted COVID-19 during the Christmas holidays. The family was pretty much quarantined for the better part of fourteen days. While both parents are fully vaccinated, the minor is at the moment ineligible to receive his shots. When he came down with the […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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Today is World Braille Day, commemorating the birthday of Louis Braille, a French educator who became blind at a young age and invented a system of reading for the visually impaired. Equipping blind students with the technology to learn Braille is one of the many services provided by the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of people are wondering how much longer we will need to follow protocols, especially keeping our masks on. In fact, a lot of us are really tired of having to wear these. But as a member of the COVID-19 Task Force, Doctor Marcelo […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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And while he was on Open Your Eyes, Doctor Coyi shared something that medical professionals know, but which may be new to the public: you can get a combination of two COVID-19 variants at the same time. He also explained that people’s behaviour will dictate how the pandemic plays out, both for individuals and the […]
Written on January 5, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness opened a new COVID19 testing site in Belize City today, after a sharp increase in the number of persons seeking to determine their COVID-19 status. The Belize District currently has the most cases. This spells more work for health care workers who already had to endure two waves of […]
Written on January 4, 2022 | Posted in
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And while the highest number of daily positive cases is being reported in the Belize District, a large percentage of these cases are being identified at the Phillip Goldson International Airport. Dr. Melissa Diaz Musa is recommending that Belizeans who travel back home, and test negative at the airport, isolate for a period of three […]
Written on January 4, 2022 | Posted in
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You may be running the risk of visiting a testing site too early, after a colleague tests positive for COVID-19 at your work place. Dr. Musa recommends that you also get tested at least three days after a colleague tests positive, if you suspect that you were exposed. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Deputy Regional Health […]
Written on January 4, 2022 | Posted in
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