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June 4th, 2013
No refunds made to seniors allegedly charged for medication

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While noting that the long term sustainability and success of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) hinges on the implementation of strategic opportunities such as customer service and satisfaction, CEO Mrs Darlene Carty-Baptiste expressed an awareness of the need for transparency and accountability.

June 3rd, 2013
Healthcare fee increases on the horizon at BVIHSA- Carty-Baptiste

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BVI Health Services Authority has disclosed that her organisation is still working through challenges in the adjustments for its proposed fee schedule.

May 28th, 2013
UPDATE: 67 screened at Caribbean Insurers’ health exercise

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Residents of the Virgin Islands are being told to pay particular attention to their sugar intake and develop a healthier lifestyle following a health screening exercise facilitated by Caribbean Insurers Limited (CIL) in conjunction with the BVI Diabetes Association.

May 21st, 2013
It's abuse to charge seniors & children for medication– E. Maduro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the BVI Forum TV show on CBN Television, Edmund Maduro, said he believed senior citizens and children were being abused at Peebles Hospital when they were allegedly being charged for free medication.

May 20th, 2013
Blocking Health Care from the Young & Elderly

By Alred C. Frett

Blocking Health Care from the Young and Old, Poor and Needy:

It is a given from time immemorial that during our productive years we would not only care for ourselves but contribute to the welfare of the young and elderly, so it follows that in a month which is not only that of Mother’s Day but the month for Seniors and the Mentally Challenged, to select this as the month in which to abandon infants and seniors, smacks of insanity.

May 16th, 2013
Absent National Policy undermines drug treatment in VI - report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Provision of treatment services in the absence of a National Drug Policy or coordinated Drug Reduction Strategy undermines the prevention and educational efforts of the Sandy Lane Centre (SLC), according to its 2012 annual report.

May 16th, 2013
No Friday doctor at Capoon’s Bay Clinic due to ‘manpower’ issue- BVIHSA

CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI- Whether the recent resignation of two well known doctors, including a local, has anything to with no doctors being available for the usual Friday visits at the Capoon’s Bay Clinic is anyone’s guess, however, the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) has promised that the regular schedule will resume on June 1, 2013.

May 14th, 2013
Rotarians lauded for fight against Polio

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – As hundreds of visiting Rotarians roll in for the Rotary 7020 District Conference they are being welcomed at various levels. And as leader of the Territory, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith did not fail in doing his part.

May 13th, 2013
UPDATE: Isabella Morris students relocated despite parents' concerns

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – Despite troubling reports made earlier about the relocation of Isabella Morris Primary School students to a new location, the students and teachers have since been settled at the Cane Garden Bay Community Centre today, May 13, 2013.

May 10th, 2013
Agriculture one of the most hazardous occupations – Fahie-Forbes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The issue of safety and health is one which is often taken for granted by persons in the workforce, according to a senior agricultural official.

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