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The 33th Caribbean Cardiac Society in St.Lucia will be held at Royalton St.Lucia and spa from July 18th -21st 2018. Dr. Kak-Chen Chan, Pediatric Cardiologist and specialist in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Dr. Steven Bibevski, Cardiothoracic surgeon who specializes in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, as well as heart transplantation and artificial heart support. […]
Continue Reading Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in Guyana has been slapped with a ten million dollar lawsuit after a woman claiming to have had foreign objects left in her after a surgery sued the hospital. According to court documents, Kim Nicholas, the complainant, underwent surgery on or around March 31, 2016 at GPHC. Nicholas said that […]
Continue Reading The Pinehill Funwalk is back, the 19th edition of the largest participatory sporting event on the island, will take place on Sunday August 12 at 6 am. The launch for the walk was held on Friday 6th July at the Peter & Company Distribution, Cul De Sac, Greg Mathurin, senior sales and marketing manager said […]
Continue Reading PRESS RELEASE: St.Lucia’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) will meet at the Conference Room of the Coco Palm Resort. The consultation will be attended by Government agencies responsible for, Agriculture, Tourism, Economic Development and Social Equity; users of biodiversity, including fishers’ cooperatives, tour operators, farmers, beekeepers and other business owners; as well as […]
Continue Reading PRESS RELEASE: 100 Women Who Care make a donation of $10,100 to the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association (SLBWA) on Wednesday 11th July 2018. 100 Women Who Care is a group of women who hope to provide for those with the greatest need in St. Lucia. The group meets four times a year for a one-hour meeting, […]
Continue Reading SLP spokesperson for health and Vieux-Fort North MP, Moses ‘Musa’ JnBaptiste, has called for a halt on work being carried out at the George Odlum Stadium which currently houses the St. Judes Hospital. JnBaptiste said that the operation poses a clear occupational health and safety hazard. He urged that safer and more professional means be […]
Continue Reading The Government of St.Lucia is exploring its options for the introduction of National Health Insurance for St. Lucia. Consultants from the Eu Socieux+ Programme conducted a two day workshop which comprised of technical officers from the various departments within the public service. The programme is co-funded by the EU, France, Spain and Belgium and is […]
Continue Reading PRESS RELEASE: Our community/nation is facing a shortage of blood which can save the lives of our people Volunteer Saint Lucia calls on fellow St. Lucian’s to donate blood to the blood bank. They explained that each day we can lose a life due to the situation with our blood bank. While we are actively […]
Continue Reading PRESS RELEASE: The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has reconstituted the Eastern Caribbean Payments Council. The Payments Council was first established in 2006 to provide advice on and oversight of the operations and developments of the payments system. It is responsible for facilitating the efficient and stable functioning of the payments system in […]
Continue Reading According to Denton AB, ET al.West Indian Med j. 1994 two hundred (200) mothers were interviewed at the Victoria hospital in St.Lucia,82.5% described their pregnancy as unintended and 44% as unwanted;80% of the women having an indented pregnancy and 94.6% having an unintended pregnancy were unmarried an 18.5% were teenagers. Unintended pregnancies mothers were significantly […]
Continue Reading National Sneaker Day is almost here! Wednesday June 27th, 2018, the National Insurance Corporation is urging the island to wear your sneakers to work. National Sneakers Day is part of the ‘Let’s Get Moving St. Lucia’ campaign which promotes a healthy lifestyle. Sneaker Day targets workers who are less likely to be physically active during […]
Continue Reading PRESS RELEASE: UNESCO has designated June 19th as World Sickle Cell Day. This year the Sickle Cell Cares Foundation (SCCF), is continuing to raise awareness about the disease and supporting those affected. This year the Foundation is commemorating this day by raising awareness about the disease through its social media campaign #iamsicklecell. To participate Take […]
Continue Reading For video game addicts, it might soon be “game over.” In the latest revision to a disease classification manual, the World Health Organistion said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition. The statement confirmed the fears of many parents but led some critics to warn that it may risk […]
Continue Reading PRESS RELEASE: Soufriere, St. Lucia – A team of ten dental practitioners from Washington DC, USA, has arrived in Soufriere on a dental mission. The team, headed by Terry Victor has decided to come to spend a few days on the island; in Soufriere providing free dental services to both children and adults. The team […]
Continue Reading If anyone were to take a good look around our beautiful island they would find that plastics make up at least 90 percent of our pollution. This year World Earth Day was held under the theme End Plastic Pollution. Massy Stores St. Lucia is taking on the ‘going green’ initiative by tackling plastic pollution. The […]
Continue Reading Saint Lucia joins the global community on April 26,2018 in the observance of World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The observance promotes the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. It is an awareness-raising campaign intended to focus international attention on the magnitude of the problem and on how promoting and creating a […]
Continue Reading Marking World Malaria Day , the head of the United National Health Agency on Wednesday 18th April 2018 ,stressed the need to get the global response against the disease back on track while acknowledging progress that had helped avert millions malaria deaths, especially among children,since 2000. Health Organization Director- General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said ‘declining trend in […]
Continue Reading The Ministry of Health and Wellness worked hand in hand with the Starkey hearing foundation to bring the gift of hearing to many St. Lucians with hearing difficulty. Starkey and Health Officials were very pleased with the huge response by the public to receive their free hearing aids. Assistant Principal Nursing Officer, Tecla Jn Baptiste said […]
Continue Reading World Kidney Day & International Women’s Day were commemorated on the same day, March 8th 2018 offering the opportunity to reflect on the importance of women’s health and specifically their kidney health. Consultant Nephrologist, Dr. Merle Clarke provided details on an event held at the constitution Park as part of the celebration. “What’s going on […]
Continue Reading PRESS RELEASE – Following its dire call for help in meeting the operational costs associated to running the organization, the Saint Lucia Blind Welfare Association has indicated that to date the level of response from the public has been encouraging, but the non-profit organization is still grappling to remain sustainable. The organization says there is […]
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