In other medical news, Belize Medical Associates announces that it is expanding its Thomas Street facility. They will be turning the clinic into a small hospital with room for eighteen beds, two operating theaters, fourteen consulting rooms for doctors and on-site x-ray and ultrasound diagnostic testing and an expanded lab. Current medical services will continue […]
Most of us don’t want to hear about it anymore, but turning away won’t make it go away. Tonight Patrick Jones has a startling reminder of the AIDS epidemic that keeps on growing and continues to threaten all Belizeans. The statistics provided by the National AIDS Program indicate that the number of HIV positive persons […]
The organization known as “Friends of Pediatrics” today donated to Minister of Health Servulo Baeza over three thousand dollars worth of items for the children’s ward at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Among the gifts were a twenty five-inch television, VCR, tapes, books and games. In an unusual request the group is appealing to the person […]
Adolescent Reproductive Health will be the focus of a special summit for youths of the Caribbean this month in Barbados. Sixteen year old Robert Burgess of Belize City will join other young people from across the region for the 1998 Caribbean Youth Summit. Burgess and the other delegates will discuss ways of advancing the agenda […]
Many of us know someone who is HIV positive or is suffering from AIDS, but not all of us have had the painful experience of caring and preparing for the death of a loved one who has this invariably fatal disease. It’s a sensitive issue, that for the first time is being publicly addressed in […]
It probably would not have saved the victims of the gas tank explosion, but in many accidents the difference between life and death comes down to the speed and skill of emergency medical personnel. If that is the case then the citizens of the two northern districts may be in luck, as the Belize Emergency […]
Over seven hundred thousand dollars worth of medical supplies were donated to the Belize Red Cross, Sister Cecilia Home, Helpage Belize, YMCA and other humanitarian organizations in ceremonies held this morning at Airport Camp in Ladyville. The donation, made by the United States Embassy, includes medical equipment ranging from catheters and thermometers to EKG monitors […]
It was a tragic story when it first aired last week and while tonight’s follow up offers some hope, the news is still touch and go. One week after five year old Danya Chavarria was severely burned at a Sunday barbecue outing on August ninth, the young girl is fighting for her life at the […]
Tonight’s news is not solely about turmoil, as this morning News Five’s Arreini Palacio met a mother who, having experienced the acute pain of caring for a sick child, has emerged with some new hope. It took two major operations before four year old Jermail Elijio could walk as a normal child. According to his […]
While the prognosis for Belizean basketballers remains guarded, government claims that the state of the nation’s health is ready to improve. This is thanks to plans for reform which were unveiled this morning at the Radisson. Patrick Jones reports. The five hundred-page draft report on health care reform is the culmination of four years of […]
At the center of government’s plan to overhaul the health system is the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. After months of washing the facility’s dirty laundry in public, doctors at the three year old institution have succeeded in ousting the medical chief of staff. The doctors say they were not happy with the way Dr. Hugh […]
A lot has been written and broadcast about conditions at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, but not so much has been said about other medical facilities in Belize. This morning I visited a health center in Belize City where a small physical change of venue should mean a large improvement for those suffering with mental […]
If you’ve been following the news lately you’ve noticed that, through crimes, accidents, natural causes and even a few unsolved mysteries, there has been no shortage of dead bodies in Belize. Those sheer numbers and a less than efficient system of dealing with them, have led to some problems… as I found out the hard […]
Not all the stories coming out of the world of medicine are sad ones. Tonight comes some news that has brought relief to one Belizean family… and by extension, our entire Belizean family. Arreini Palacio reports. After drinking a corrosive substance in late October of last year, two-year-old Khadedra Paulino was left bed ridden with […]
In another follow up, this time to a story we ran last night, on Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, News Five has been unable to obtain a new consultant’s report on the facility, written in April of this year. Sources in the Ministry of Health tell us that the criticisms in the 1998 document are even […]
“It has been a frequent target of critics, including this newscast. Tonight we take another look at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, prompted by criticisms of one of its doctors and a disturbing consultant’s report which alleges that the facility was poorly designed, badly constructed and is being inadequately maintained. Three years ago, the nation’s medical […]
Managers of drug prevention and mental health programs from thirteen Caribbean countries are taking part in two training workshops in Belize. The first of these sessions started today at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. The four-day workshop, which is being hosted by the National Drug Abuse Control Council, is part of an education program for […]
We’re all familiar with the saying, “Empty crocus sack kyaahn stand up.” That proverb’s equivalent wisdom in the world of education is that “a starving student can’t learn.” This morning I found one Belize City school that’s taken on the task of filling that empty crocus sack with some healthy food. There was good reason […]
A third case of cholera has been reported in the Cayo District. According to Luis Godoy, the Public Health Officer for the Cayo District, on Saturday a thirty-three year old woman from Succotz Village was confirmed with the disease. The latest incident follows the first cholera case, which was reported last week Thursday, after a […]
Medical authorities say that while there may not be a large-scale outbreak of cholera in the Cayo District, they have confirmed one case involving a seventeen-year-old young man from Benque Viejo del Carmen. It is believed the man may have fell ill after he came in contact with food from across the Guatemalan border. One […]
This year the accounting firm of Pannel Kerr Forster is celebrating it’s golden anniversary and as a part of the festivities they have given something back to the community. The firm sponsored a walk-a-thon from Ladyville to Belize City on April twenty-fifth, which brought in over eleven thousand dollars. This money was handed over to […]
Viewers who are today old enough to be starting families may remember growing up with Radio Belize and the Colgate Cavity Fighters Club. Today, twenty years later, that company is still fighting cavities, albeit on a larger scale. Over the past several years the Colgate – Palmolive company has consistently aided Caribbean countries in dental […]
The Orange Walk Rotary Club and Life Enhancement Association for people, LEAP, will be offering Belizeans, especially children, the opportunity to have corrective surgery on facial deformities free of cost this weekend. The LEAP team, of nineteen people, including two surgeons, will be arriving for their annual visit to Orange Walk on Thursday, where they […]
If you’re between the ages of thirteen and twenty and have not yet made plans for the weekend, here’s an activity you might be interested in. The Peer Education Association of Belize is sponsoring a “lock-in” for young people on Saturday. It’s the second of its kind and organizers say the one-day workshop will focus […]
Over the years the Lions movement worldwide has developed an outstanding reputation for assisting people suffering from sight related ailments. While it has mostly been adults who have benefited from the generosity of the voluntary organization, today it was some Belize City school children who were on the receiving end. Julietta Burrowes reports. Over seventy […]
