It goes by many names, but there’s no confusing the discomfort and disfigurement that first hits only after you’ve left the water. Jose Sanchez reports on a malady that will affect more and more Belizeans over the next few months. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The sea is one of the attractions that makes Belize and many […]
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse at the K.H.M.H., they did. Lucellie Peña, a thirty-two year old mother of five and one of the three patients who received HIV positive blood from the hospital, died on Sunday afternoon, not from AIDS, but from complications following treatment for gallstones. Peña had just been […]
Another calamity, this one in the Cayo District, could have far reaching effects, particularly for pet owners. After three years of being free of the disease, it has been confirmed that rabies is back in Belize. The affirmation comes from a laboratory in Panama that a two-year old male dog from San Antonio, Cayo, was […]
More details are emerging on the infection of three patients at the K.H.M.H. with HIV tainted blood. On last night’s One on One with Dickie Bradley, Minister of Health Jose Coye told viewers that the investigation boils down to a simple dispute over the contents of a phone call. The infected blood was drawn from […]
Food is a subject never far from the minds of most of us and tonight Ann-Marie takes a look at a popular eating habit that may be sending us to an early grave. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Walk around Belize City, any given day or night and you’ll find an enormous number of Belizeans buying fried […]
There was no shortage of police news over the four day holiday weekend: everything from drownings to stickups, traffic accidents, stabbings and a hit and run. But the crime we’ll lead with tonight occurred several weeks ago, and if you believe medical authorities, still has not been solved. Today we spoke to Director of Health […]
The Minister of Health, the ministry’s Chief Executive Officer and the Director of Health Services, met the press this afternoon in an attempt to tell the public how three patients at the K.H.M.H. could have been transfused with HIV infected blood. While the authorities claim they are still unable to pinpoint the exact place where […]
Compounding the tragedy, one of the three patients who was transfused with HIV infected blood on March twenty-ninth, passed away this morning around eight. According to Chief of Staff John Waight, two month old Andy Meyers Jr. died not of AIDS, but a rare skin disease. Dr. John Waight, Chief of Staff, K.H.M.H. “The baby […]
Another problem at the K.H.M.H. is under investigation, this time by police. At around five Wednesday morning a patient, forty-seven year old Matildo Valentine of Dangriga, was in the process of receiving medication by way of an intravenous drip. Twenty minutes later he was dead. A postmortem was scheduled to be conducted today. The victim […]
A foul-up has the potential of leaving three Belizeans with the incurably fatal disease known as AIDS. But following the discovery yesterday morning that a woman and two children, all patients at the K.H.M.H., received transfusions of HIV tainted blood, officials are yet to come clean and explain to the public how such a tragic […]
The news coincidentally follows on the heels of a story we ran last night on the blood bank and the need for donors in advance of the long holiday weekend. A release late this evening from the K.H.M.H. reports that three of the hospital’s patients may have been exposed to HIV infected blood. The release […]
A new facility for the mentally ill has been opened at the Belmopan Hospital. The acute psychiatric ward was officially dedicated on Thursday by Minister of Health Jose Coye. Built at a cost of eighty thousand dollars, the ward will be home to those patients who pose a threat to themselves and those trying to […]
The World Health Organisation is encouraging Belizeans to walk for good mental health tomorrow. The journey from Hattieville to Rockview Hospital is just one of the activities to mark the observance of World Health Day on April seventh. PAHO consultant Jacqueline Dragone says that mental illness is not an all or nothing proposition. Ann-Marie Williams […]
Today the eye care centre located next to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital was officially opened. Joan Musa, Director of the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, says that it’s all part of an effort to rid the country of blindness. Joan Musa, Director, B.C.V.I. “We’re celebrating today the official opening the eye clinic. We’re […]
The Belize Council for the Visually Impaired has for years been providing the public with low cost high quality eye care… and with the recent opening of its new clinic near the K.H.M.H. that service has moved to the next level. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The eye clinic that occupies the Lion’s building […]
The Belize government may be out of the water business, but it’s still very much involved in ensuring that the water we purchase and drink is safe. The Ministry of Health and Pan American Health Organization are involved in a project to establish a national drinking water standard. Felipe Solsona from the Pan American Center […]
It has traditionally been said that as long as there are coconuts on the trees and fish in the sea Belizeans would always be well fed. Of course that was before lethal yellowing killed the coconut trees and our fishermen became tour guides. But kidding aside, feeding its population is a high priority for any […]
Belize will soon join in a regional surveillance programme to assist in fighting infectious diseases. The Central Medical Laboratory of the Ministry of Health today received a donation of seven new computers and associated software courtesy of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C., to facilitate the process. Lieutenant Colonel David Neibuhr […]
The problem of HIV and AIDS is never far from the consciousness of anyone involved in the field of health. But as the epidemic grows, particularly in the developing world, it is becoming clear that the deadly disease transcends the world of medicine. Today Belizeans from a variety of disciplines got together to map out […]
If you haven’t already, it may be time to check the contents of your medicine cabinet. Phenol Proponolomine, a substance commonly used in nasal decongestants and weight loss aids, has been found to be very dangerous to your health. A recent study has shown that the drug can cause stroke and bleeding of the brain, […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has recently received a new board of directors, with Norman Moore as chairman. But the man of the hour, who is expected to lead the hospital staff along the path of better health care service, is Doctor Alvaro Rosado. Rosado, who resigned last year from the University of Belize, now […]
We often report on problems in the nation’s health care system, so it’s only fair that when we see good things in the making we check them out. Today Ann-Marie Williams looked at one training programme that should make hospital patients approach surgery with a lot more confidence. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Seven Belizean registered nurses […]
While most of Belize has gotten over the devastation of Hurricane Keith, one institution in Belize City continues to feel the pain. During our frequent visits to the KHMH it has become apparent that the place is in major trouble. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Ever since the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital opened its doors, five and […]
With a shortage of hard currency, the nation of Cuba has little to offer in the way of financial aid to its neighbours. But what it lacks in cash is compensated by human capital: thousands of trained personnel in virtually every field under the sun. A good number of those skilled Cubans are working in […]
Much of the news we report out of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital does not inspire confidence…but today brings the kind of story that we’d like to see more of. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The KHMH is one step closer to providing the health care that most Belizeans desire. The staff of the […]
