Tag: health
QEH restores full operating theatre capacity after air-conditioning repairs
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has confirmed that all operating theatres have returned to full service following the resolution of air-conditioning issues that had...
Fogging Schedule: April 13 to 17
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness will concentrate its mosquito eradication programme in some St. Michael districts when it conducts its...
St Lucy and St Michael to be fogged this week
The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ fogging programme will target areas in St Lucy and St Michael this week.
There will be no fogging today,...
Fogging Schedule: March 30 to April 2
The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ fogging exercise will be concentrated in northern districts next week.
Communities in St. Lucy will receive the attention of...
Productivity down $140m due to NCDs
Barbados is losing $140 million each year in productivity due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
That staggering fact and figure was revealed yesterday by Minister of...
US weight-loss drugmakers slash prices in fight to win customers
When Ruth Gonzalez decided to start taking the weight-loss medicine Zepbound last year, she first had to find a way to afford its roughly...