A team of medical experts will be arriving this weekend to perform reconstructive surgery on those Belizean children who are in need of such treatment. The ten member group, working through Belize’s Friends of Paediatrics, Ministry of Health and the International Children’s Hospital of Richmond, Virginia, will be working all next week at the Southern […]
It’s a sad ending to almost every night out on the town that involves alcohol…symptoms are the same, but the names are a little different, so whether you’ll be praying to the toilet god, laughing at the porcelain queen or just plain old, hurling your guts out tomorrow morning, here’s some friendly advice from experts […]
Chances are that a large portion of those watching tonight’s newscast are doing so through watery eyes, distracted by aching joints and a throbbing headache. Well, Jacqueline Woods’ next story may not bring you immediate relief, but at least it offers the comfort that you’re not the only one suffering. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Looking around […]
Forty or so years ago a ground breaking science fiction movie, “The Fantastic Voyage”, told the story of a group of scientists who were shrunken to microscopic size and actually entered the body of a dying patient in order to save his life. Today, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods witnessed the twenty-first century version of that […]
Many of the holiday gifts we’ll be reporting on this season will make you laugh, make you drunk or make you fat. Tonight, however, we’ve got something that just might make you well. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you are planning on skipping your diet this holiday season, you may not want to read Dr. Bernard […]
It’s an organisation that by any measure has played a major role in the advancement of Belize. And today, PAHO took time out to share a proud history in both the region and Belize. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Pan American Health Organization has been in Belize for half of the one hundred […]
The first national conference on AIDS wound up today in Belize City and while there was little good news in the room, as News 5’s Marion Ali reports, some strategies have emerged. Marion Ali, Reporting With a strong consensus on the need to take a more proactive approach in the battle against AIDS, Abigail McKay […]
After more than a decade and a half as the world’s most high profile health concern, the reality of the AIDS epidemic still seems to have escaped the consciousness of most Belizeans. This must be the case because despite years of public education, private counselling and increased surveillance, the numbers tell an increasingly frightening tale. […]
Worlds AIDS Week kicked off–quite literally–on Sunday with a torch run from Belmopan to Belize City. The volunteer joggers finished up at Rogers Stadium where the week of activities was officially opened by coordinator of the National AIDS Commission, Martha Carrillo. A number of events are scheduled, including the first ever National Conference on AIDS […]
On Sunday, World AIDS Week will officially open with a fifty mile torch relay. The run will start in Belmopan and finish at Rogers Stadium in Belize City. A number of top athletes, along with primary school children and high school students have decided to participate in the relay in an effort to help raise […]
Today is World Diabetes Day…and if you think that it’s just another useless notation on an already crowded calendar, you may want to think again. As news 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered, the disease is killing and disabling Belizeans in record numbers. Ivy Davis, Diabetic “The sugar lets me feel weak, you know. Let the whole […]
Worldwide, more and more people are becoming health conscious. But for every theory saying do this or eat that to improve your health, there seems to be another saying the exact opposite. In the middle of this medical mayhem, one local cardiologist has published his prescription for the confused called: Your doctor can’t make you […]
Local physicians are currently taking part in a programme of continuing medical education. Presently in Belize from Harvard Medical School in Boston is Doctor Gordon Vineyard. His visit comes through efforts by OmniMed, an organisation based in Belize City and Newton, Massachusetts. Vineyard says his seminars are covering a wide range of medical issues, in […]
Just the mention of the word hepatitis is enough to put the public and health officials on edge…but right up front, lets get things straight: what we’re talking about in the following story is hepatitis A, a non-fatal disease not to be confused with the often deadly hepatitis B. But even hepatitis A can pack […]
The practice of medicine seems to be a growth industry in Belize. And with new private clinics springing up and government facilities under renovation, the doctors who met today in Belize City had plenty to talk about. News 5’s Marion Ali reports from the Radisson. Marion Ali, Reporting Over eighty medical professionals, mainly doctors, gathered […]
The Ministry of Health has revealed more details on the latest case of HIV tainted blood that was inadvertently released for public use. Spokesman Glenn Tillett told News 5’s Jacqueline Woods that the fatal plasma was given to a total of three patients. Glenn Tillett, P.R. Officer, Min. of Health “The investigation has concluded that […]
A Friday evening press conference is not the best way to get your story out…but then again maybe that’s the idea. Minister of Health Jose Coye and his top lieutenants spoke to the media this evening to give their explanation of how a baby from Punta Gorda went into the Southern Regional Hospital for routine […]
It was a story that shocked and horrified the nation: three innocent Belizeans, two of them children, infected with HIV-tainted blood through transfusions at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Unbelievably, tonight that same terrifying story is emerging from the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga. While the Ministry of Health refuses to confirm or deny the […]
Farmers in the Cayo District are on high alert tonight after the Belize Agricultural Health Authority confirmed two cases of rabies in two different animals. According to BAHA’s veterinary technician Arden Edwards, two weeks ago a young bull tested positive for the virus and last Friday, a fox that had bitten a young boy was […]
B.T.L. Park at high noon is not an often used time or place for signing official documents, but today it served just fine as the backdrop for a bi-national health initiative. News 5’s Marion Ali has the details. Marion Ali, Reporting Health Minister Jose Coye, and mayors representing the nation’s nine municipalities today signed a […]
It was the kind of industrial accident that could have turned out much worse. And although this morning’s leak of deadly ammonia gas at the Nova Shrimp Farm did not result in any serious injuries, for a while things were pretty tense. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from the scene in Ladyville. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
A few short years ago it seemed like a decent hospital room was hard to find. But today a host of new medical facilities are actually advertising their quality care. The latest ribbon cutting occurred this afternoon…and the location may surprise you. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, Minister of Health Joe Coye and Mrs. Joan […]
The subject of mental health, once confined to the confidentiality of the psychiatrist’s office, is increasingly a matter of public discourse. With today having been declared World Mental Health Day by the United Nations, Belizeans took the opportunity to reflect on what’s happening in our heads. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was no exception. Jacqueline Woods, […]
The field of medicine has made tremendous strides in recent decades, and Belizeans benefit everyday from those advances. But many treatments that are routine in North America and Europe are still not available in Belize. And that gap sometimes results in painful choices. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Seventeen-year-old Kenisha Usher is critically ill at the Karl […]
With the success of the Coca Cola Spelling Bee and the popularity of NDACC’s annual drug quiz, it seems that competition is becoming an integral part of mass education. Today the people pushing for better nutrition took the opportunity to promote their big quiz coming in October. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The ad, produced by the […]
