by Melissa Rollock | Apr 25, 2024 | banner, Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Head of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s Respiratory Unit, Dr. Dawn Alleyne, says more Barbadians are being diagnosed with asthma later in life, in their 40s and 50s. Dr. Alleyne, who is a Pulmonologist/Intensivist and also Head of the Department of...
by Government of Barbados | Nov 19, 2021 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
(Stock Image) Fifteen COVID-19 deaths occurred in Barbados during the period Friday, November 12, to Thursday, November 18. Of these, eight were males (53 per cent), whose ages ranged from 36 to 96, with the median age being 73. Additionally, underlying illnesses or...
by BGIS | Nov 5, 2021 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
(Stock Image) Nineteen COVID-19 deaths occurred in Barbados during the period Friday, October 29, to Thursday, November 4. Of these, 11 were females (58 per cent). The ages of those persons who died from the viral illness ranged from 25 to 94, with the median...
by Sharon Austin | Apr 9, 2021 | Top Stories
https://youtu.be/4Hn1oIf6k2g?t=56 Press conference hosted by the Minister of Home Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams re: the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent – April 9, 2021. (PMO) With the possibility of ash from the erupting La Soufriere volcano in St....
by Public Relations | Mar 11, 2021 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Queen Elizabeth Hospital wishes to remind the general public that due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, there have been some changes to the treatment protocol for patients experiencing asthma attacks who present to the hospital’s Accident and...
