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CIBC First C/bean workers respond positively to breast cancer screening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Employees of CIBC First Caribbean International Bank responded positively to breast cancer screening and other activities hosted by the bank today, October 3, 2013 despite the air of discomfort over the pending layoffs.
BVI Cancer Society calls for national registry for cancer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A national registry has been highlighted as one of the critical things needed in the Virgin Islands (VI) to allow for an effective and comprehensive care and support system for survivors and those living with cancer.
Health Minister should replace doctors at Peebles - Commentator
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Some doctors at the Peebles Hospital should be replaced once several complaints are made about them, according to talk show host Julio Sam Henry.
Who will regulate National Health Insurance system?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The question of which body will be responsible for regulating the pending National Health Insurance (NHI) system was raised recently on the Speak Your Mind TV show aired on September 14, 2013.
Untimely payments can deny residents care under NHI – Roy Barry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Persons whose employers fail to make payments under the National Health Insurance (NHI) within a timely manner could be denied treatment at health facilities.
Stop digging your graves with your teeth! Dr Irad Potter
EAST END/LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – Poor diets, bad eating habits and failure to exercise are three of the major ways residents were told are responsible for the degradation of their health and was likened to one “digging their grave with their own teeth” by Chief Medical Officer Dr Irad Potter.
More than a hundred workers down tools for health!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI- More than a hundred workers from both the private and public sector left their various places of work earlier than the norm on Friday September 14, 2013 to participate in the observances of Caribbean Wellness Day.
Gov’t to subsidise health programme forever – Roy Barry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government is expected to forever subsidise the pending National Health Insurance programme. This is according to Deputy Director of the BVI Social Security Board, Mr Roy Barry.
New Peebles Hospital to be handed over next month – Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Gushing about the latest installments at the new section of Peebles Hospital, Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka expressed that the keys to the long awaited hospital are likely to be handed over by the end of October, 2013.
Patients to be monitored for fraud under NHI - Barry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Steps are being taken to prevent patients taking advantage of the medical system in any fraudulent way once the National Health Insurance (NHI) programme comes into being. This is according to Deputy Director of the Social Security Board, Mr Roy Barry.
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