Everyday medical officials at the Accident and Emergency Ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial hospital do their best to save the lives of their patients. Tonight, News 5 reports on a new initiative that is designed to improve this crucial service. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One of the most major medical services offered at the Karl […]
If you’re looking for a cup of Lipton, Red Rose or Tetley then the tea shop described in our next story is not for you. But if you want a hot drink that will cure what ails you…then Regie’s might be just what the doctor ordered. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting Whether it?s a […]
They are some of the busiest professionals in the country, but this week staff of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and other public institutions are taking time out to attend a series of refresher seminars. The continuing medical education sessions are being conducted by visiting physician Dr. Pierre d’Hemecourt who works with the international organisation […]
But the upgrading of staff is not the only thing going on this week at the country’s tertiary medical institution. With assistance from veteran neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Lacin, the KHMH is putting the final touches on plans to expand one of its key services. Dr. Robert Lacin, Neurosurgeon ?I?m here to help the hospital to […]
Having made major renovations at the KHMH and two Belize City health centres, the Government of Belize will now embark on badly needed improvements at the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk. Construction will begin Monday on a project to revamp the institution’s water and sewerage facilities. Components include a ten thousand gallon water tank […]
It is always disturbing whenever we hear that a child has been sexually abused and the pain and fear these helpless victims experience is difficult to imagine. The question is: what would possess anyone to hurt such a small defenceless human being? According to Doctor Roy Lopez, a psychiatrist at Universal Health Services, while he […]
For over twenty-five years, doctors from the Shriners Hospitals for Children located in St. Louis, Missouri, have been volunteering their services to help local kids with bone disorders and other developmental problems. To date over a hundred boys and girls from all over the country have received specialists’ care in the U.S.A. This week, volunteers […]
If you’ve ever been a hospital patient you know that at certain times, even the simplest physical movements can seem like climbing Victoria Peak. Hopefully, thanks to some new training for Belizean hospital staff, those painful moments will be far fewer. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting Handling the wide variety of ailing […]
They are fresh off the plane and heading soon to a health centre near you. Patrick Jones has the scoop on the latest batch of volunteers reporting for duty in Belize. The seventeen Nigerian technical cooperation volunteers arrived in the country on Tuesday and are headed straight to their assignments at different health posts around […]
News on the health front in Belize is usually mixed; that is for every advance in the quality of care there seems to be a corresponding setback. But one area where the news has been consistently upbeat is in the battle against childhood diseases. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Ninety-five percent […]
Diabetes Week may come once each year…but unfortunately for diabetics, they’ve got to deal with the disease 24/7. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods, who is no stranger to diabetes in her own life, profiles one man who’s taking an aggressive approach to his condition. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting For the past twelve years, Leo Lodge, a type […]
It is estimated that as many as sixty children in Belize are living with spina bifida, a health condition that severely affects mobility and other bodily functions. How these patients are being managed will be the focus of a one day symposium on Friday at the Princess Hotel. A team, consisting of both local and […]
I’m just one recovering victim, but this week, hundreds of Belizeans have been struck down by one of the most infectious illnesses known to man: the flu. You know the one I’m talking about: the splitting headache, the contagious cough, the sore throat, the high fever and of course, the runny nose. According to the […]
The upstairs of this two storey concrete structure situated at the corner of King Street and Euphrates Avenue looks like a normal residence, but its occupants were doing more than just living at the location. Today members of the Belize City Council’s Sanitation and Environmental Department along with the police and Public Health officials literally […]
They are now a permanent fixture on many street corners in Belize City and in most towns around the country. I’m talking about vendors who sell everything from hot dogs to tacos. But while these fast food carts offer convenient alternatives for people on the go, public health officials are concerned that consumers may be […]
We are well acquainted with the large corps of dedicated doctors and nurses from Cuba who work in Belize…but there is another group of volunteers, less well known perhaps, who also serve with distinction. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you have been to the Accident and Emergency at the Karl Heusner […]
Experts have been telling us for years that diabetes is on the rise in Belize, but statistics show that in addition to the very young and very old, it is teenagers and young adults who are increasingly at risk. The reason is believed to be unhealthy lifestyles coupled with an acute ignorance of how damaging […]
They have relied heavily on the generosity of friends to get state of the art medical equipment, and this week, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is once again the recipient of another important donation. According to Dr. Francis Smith, the new orthopaedic implants and instruments will help the KHMH put patients back on their feet. […]
In the eyes of many, all the men and women who aimlessly wander the streets of Belize can easily be dismissed as “crazy”, “crack heads” or “drunkards”. But passing judgment is a lot easier than confronting the problem of mental illness in this country. And as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered, more than medicines, patients […]
You don’t have to be a doctor to know that Belizeans are getting bigger…and I’m not referring to height. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on what one group of Belizean policy makers is doing to promote better eating habits. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 2004, it is expected that the Ministry of Health will spend approximately […]
With little good news coming from statistics on the spread of AIDS in Belize, those charged with combating the disease continue to seek methods that will translate knowledge into action. And nowhere are those efforts more concentrated than among young people. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Belizeans between the ages of […]
The members of a newly created bilateral panel were sworn in today at the OAS office along the western border. The Belize/Guatemala Border Health Commission is made up of seven health officials from each country who will work toward promoting better health on both sides of the frontier. “Illness respects no borders”, said Minister of […]
A young musician underwent a serious operation this weekend at Universal Health Services to remove one of his kidneys. Five year old Amal Jones has been amazing audiences since he was two, but on Tuesday, doctors detected a large tumour on his right kidney. The news was devastating to the child’s parents, Belizean artists Raymond […]
It’s been less than a decade since the relocation of the country’s major medical facility to its new location in King’s Park, but it seems like a century ago that patients were treated at the old Belize City Hospital on Eve Street. Part of the reason is that in its short existence the KHMH has […]
They are the frontline soldiers in the never-ending battle to heal the sick and maintain a healthy population. But tonight the nation’s public system medical workers are not a happy group. They have fired off a request for an urgent meeting with Minister of Health Vildo Marin to discuss what a press release from the […]
