Specific Interventions Needed For Lupus

Specific Interventions Needed For Lupus

In the face of demographic and epidemiological changes, there is a need to focus on developing specific interventions and health indicators to meet new challenges associated with lupus. This view was expressed by Minister of Health, John Boyce, as he addressed the...
Guidance On Health Care Financing

Guidance On Health Care Financing

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has continued to provide technical support to Barbados, by offering “guidance” to the Ministry of Health on medical care financing. Minister of Health, John Boyce, made this disclosure during a press conference at the David...
Alzheimer’s Disease Now An Epidemic

Alzheimer’s Disease Now An Epidemic

Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia have reached epidemic proportions in Barbados, with more than 4,000 persons currently affected by the disease. This was revealed by Acting Minister of Health, Senator Patrick Todd, today as he addressed a workshop sponsored by...
Number Of In-Patients On The Decline

Number Of In-Patients On The Decline

The number of patients at the Psychiatric Hospital has been steadily decreasing as Government widens the availability of mental health care in the community setting. Speaking at a ceremony to officially open a new kitchen facility at the hospital today, Health...
Three Cases Of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Three Cases Of Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Barbados has recorded three cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) so far, this year. This was revealed by Health Minister John Boyce last Thursday at the opening of a workshop on the Clinical Management of Neurological Complications related to Zika Virus Infection....

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