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Guyana on high alert for foot and mouth disease
Guyana Chronicle:- The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) is on high alert for foot and mouth and other vesicular diseases following confirmed cases in Venezuela. Head of GLDA’s Animal Health Unit, Dr. Colbert Bowen says following...
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SLMDA expresses condolences on death of dialysis patient
Press Release:- SLMDA wishes to extend sincere condolences to the family of the patient of the OKEU Dialysis Unit who recently passed. This press statement must embrace and be clearly mindful of all the tenets of decorum, sensitivity,...
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T&T Health Ministry hunts for doctors in Cuba
Trinidad Express:- THE Health Ministry needs specialist doctors. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said yesterday there are vacancies in the country for 250 specialist doctors. But there has been little response to advertisements for doctors...
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Isaac echoes concerns about migration of nurses
Health Minister, Mary Isaac, has echoed concerns raised in Guyana this week about the migration of nurses and midwives from the region. The issue was raised during the 45th annual general meeting of the Regional Nursing Body (RBN), where a call...
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Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme underway
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is conducting a four-day workshop on the Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme. The Ministry's Communications Unit says the programme is being conducted for twenty- four individuals from...
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'Musa' blasts government over health care
Press Release:- Ladies and gentlemen of the Press, the Saint Lucia Labour Party is once again raising the alarm about the life-threatening situations which the people of Saint Lucia are facing increasingly, in their attempts to access quality...
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Sandals Team Members Trained to Manage Environmental Diseases
Press Release:- 24 team members from Sandals Resorts in Saint Lucia, including Executive Housekeepers, Environmental Health and Safety Managers, Watersports Managers, Chief Engineers and Nurses have participated in a training activity to bring...
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Saint Lucian employers urged to support breastfeeding
Declaring that breastfeeding has become an issue in this country, Chief Nutritionist in the Ministry of Health, Lisa Hunt-Mitchell, has called on local employers to facilitate the practice in the work place. "If mothers have to go back to work,...
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