This afternoon several nurses and other health care professionals sat down for a luncheon at the Karl Heusner Memorial hospital conference room. The gathering was not only to socialize but the to officially welcome Lois Krug, a representative of Health Volunteers Overseas and Nurse Anesthetists Overseas. The organizations were invited by the Government of Belize […]
A suspicious odor and a lot of dead fish in the South Stann Creek River last Friday left Dangriga residents drinking anything but water and asking more than a few questions. Four days later, many of those questions are still unanswered. At news time tonight, the exact cause of the contamination has yet to be […]
Health officials have now sounded the all clear and Dangriga residents are off the beer and bottled water diet. But tonight, officials have still not drawn any solid conclusions as to what contaminated the river there on Friday. Mayor Cassian Nunez was in the middle of the aqua-disaster and today described the scene he saw […]
Tonight, Dangriga residents are drinking beer, juice or bottled water as their municipal water source is strongly believed to be contaminated. Residents were first alerted to the crisis when they witnessed the unusual sight of fish rising limp to the surface and river lobster crawling unto the banks. This amateur home video shows the scene […]
One week after we brought you the story of 9-year old Kurl Kingston, the young boy who is battling with a brain tumor and is in need of immediate surgery to stay alive, we have some good news. Fabiana Kingston says that on Wednesday they received word that a hospital has been found that will […]
This week patients requiring immediate surgery at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital have had to undergo surgery at either the Belmopan or Orange Walk hospitals. News Five understands that since last week Wednesday, the KHMH operating theatre has been closed. Doctors were unable to use the room after its central air conditioning unit failed. Because […]
Ever so often, we here at News Five have the opportunity to meet some very special people facing almost insurmountable challenges. In this next story, we’d like to introduce you to 9-year-old Kurl Kingston, a young boy who’s in the fight of his life. And hopefully, his story will have a happy ending. Jacqueline Woods, […]
It was billed as “Challenge Day 2000: Dance for a healthy heart.” And that’s just what thousands of Belizeans did today in an activity coordinated by the National Sports Council. The idea was to emphasize the need for exercise and physical fitness by having participants dance for 30 minutes. Music was provided by Love FM […]
If you’ve ever walked out of a pharmacy in Belize not so sure if the medication you’re holding is still “good” or feeling like you’re not quite sure how you’re supposed to take it, you might want to listen up. For the past 2 weeks, 5 Belizean pharmacists have been learning how to improve their […]
Tonight we regret to announce the death of 77-year old Pedro Miguel Espat. Espat was the father of Mark Espat, Minister of Tourism and Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security. He is also survived by sons: Pedro Jr., Miguel, Jose, David, Carlos, Pablo and Phillip. He leaves behind one daughter, Mary, a sister Nazira and […]
In 1991, the Ministry of Health trained eighteen psychiatric nurses. the programme was the first of its kind and was assisted by a university in Newfoundland, Canada. Today that 3-year programme is being examined by other countries of the region to see how they can apply it to their psychiatric nursing education. Marjorie Parks, the […]
In a 1997 story on Belizeans battling cancer we profiled a young man who had successfully fought the disease known as leukemia. At the time Alan Vernon told News Five’s Jacqueline Woods that he had been cancer free for 4 years and that his doctors in Mexico were optimistic that he would live a long […]
They are usually our first point of contact with the health care system, and today Belize’s nurses showed the public why they deserve our respect. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Open Day held under the theme: Nurses Always There For You”, exhibited the equipment nurses have used and the progress made to provide the best care […]
While emergency workers were simulating a plane crash in Ladyville, a real aircraft was landing at the nearby Philip Goldson International Airport. Aboard were 42 health professionals from Cuba. Included in the contingent were 6 doctors who were joined for the first time by 36 nurses. The nurses, most of whom are highly trained specialists, […]
Also on Saturday but at the opposite end of the country, members of the Belize Hemophilia Society met for their annual general meeting. The gathering in Forest Home Village in Toledo featured an address by Dr. Victor Rosado, who explained the society’s goal of making safe treatment accessible and affordable to hemophilia patients countrywide. People […]
As the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital makes the transition from direct government management to a more privatized administration, the people who work there will also need to make changes. The nurses, through the Belize Nurses Association, are aware of this and are taking steps to strengthen their skills as well as their bargaining position. One […]
It was supposed to be a state of the art facility designed to give Belizeans the quality of hospital care that had been sorely lacking at the old dilapidated Belize City Hospital on the seafront. But the new Belize City Hospital, named after one of the nation’s pioneer physicians, never did live up to its […]
It’s not often that a news story walks into our lobby here at Channel Five but that’s exactly what happened this afternoon. Two nurses from the Ministry of Health arrived as part of a door to door campaign to immunize Belizean women against measles, mumps and rubella. Armed with their needles and vaccines they approached […]
Friday is World Health Day, another one of those dates crowded onto a United Nations calendar in which virtually every day of the year is earmarked for some often arcane observance or another. But for Belize in the year two thousand, World Health Day holds some particular importance. Its theme is “Safe Blood Saves Lives”, […]
The Belize Red Cross regularly offers First Aid training and on Monday a workshop got underway for teachers of Anglican schools. The teachers who came from all over the country, have been learning how to administer CPR, rescue breathing, treat someone who has been poisoned, suffers from seizures or broken a bone. Adela Parra, a […]
They do various projects all over Belize, but the Rockview Psychiatric Facility has a special place in their hearts. Today the Belize Hospital Auxilliary unveiled their latest project. News Five was there. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Improving the physical layout of the Rockview Hospital has been a goal set by the hospital administration for some time. […]
This evening the Belize Emergency Response Team, BERT received a gift of a twin engine aircraft, to provide air ambulance service from Belize to the United States and Central America. The plane was purchased from the Wagners Foundation in the United States, after the money was raised by the Burlington Illinois Rotary Club. It is […]
Belize is playing host for Rotary Conference 2000. Representatives of all the rotary clubs in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras will be meeting for the next two days to discuss the organization’s plans for the coming year. The representative of the president of Rotary International, Alejandro Pannini, says eradicating polio by the year 2005 is big […]
A donation of a blood clotting protein has been delivered to the Belize Hemophilia Society as a gift from Britain’s Royal Engineers and Peter Dunham of Cleveland State University. The 100 vials of the factor were brought to Belize by the 53 Field Squadron. On Tuesday Major Mark Sullivan took the 100 vials of factor […]
Sources at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital have indicated that Dr. Lavel Reyes has been given an early retirement by the Ministry of the Public Service. This follows an investigation into the deaths of two infants at the hospital. As News Five first reported, Lavern Meighan and Tracy Bainton, both classified as high risk cases […]
