by Melissa Rollock | Jun 9, 2023 | Top Stories
Vernée confessed to going unmedicated for her mental health conditions over the years. (GP) Vernée Sobers has been battling with mental illness for 25 years. She received her first mental health diagnosis at the tender age of 11. At a time when her peers were...
by Julie Carrington | Apr 24, 2023 | Top Stories
Prime Minister’s Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the National Transformation Initiative’s Growing Together Small Business Training Programme at Hilton Barbados recently. (B. Hinds/BGIS) Prime Minister’s Mia Amor Mottley’s earlier call for a calorie counter to assess the...
by Julie Carrington | Dec 6, 2022 | Top Stories
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel, shake hands following their wide-ranging discussions at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, yesterday. (T. Barker/BGIS) Barbados stands to benefit from Cuban expertise in the treatment of...
by Government of Barbados | Oct 28, 2022 | Top Stories
The Barbados Drug Service advises the public that the anti-diabetic medication Diamicron MR 60mg (30 tablets) has been repackaged as Servier Gliclazide 60mg MR (30 tablets). Instead of the original orange and white box with black and grey text, the medication is now...
by Public Relations | Jun 5, 2022 | Ministry News
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (Photo courtesy of the QEH) The Board of Management of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) wishes to advise the public that effective Tuesday, June 7, 2022, its Haematology, Neurosurgery, Diabetes and Psychiatry Out-Patient Clinics will...