Health

Published 31 October 2022

Basseterre

Buckie Got It St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Government Is Fulfilling Its Pledge to Provide High-Level Healthcare Service And Affordable Health Insurance To The Federation

Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, October 31, 2022: Medical professionals at the Joseph N. France
General Hospital, Pogson, and Mary Charles Hospitals, will be undergoing a series of training
conducted by CPR Solutions, a national training center for the American Heart Association.
CPR Solutions has an extensive network of certified instructors from across the United States, who
offer a comprehensive range of CPR training classes for medical professionals and other healthcare
workers.

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Published 27 October 2022

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source 

JNF Psychiatric Patient Committed Suicide

Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, October 27, 2022: The Ministry of Health regrets to inform the public that at about 3:30 am today Thursday 27th October, a male patient admitted to the
Psychiatric Ward of the Joseph N. France General Hospital for treatment committed suicide.

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Published 25 October 2022

Basseterre

Buckie Got It, St Kitts and Nevis News Source

ADVANCEMENT IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES HIGH ON THE AGENDA OF THE ST. KITTS & NEVIS GOVERNMENT

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 25, 2022 (SKNIS) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis today (October 25) outlined its vision of a new and better way for the delivery of healthcare in the Federation, starting with the significant improvement in the services available at the Joseph N. France General Hospital, the main medical facility in the Federation. 

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Published 18 October 2022

Basseterre

Buckie Got It, St Kitts and Nevis News Source

As we go through the month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, let us remember to be mindful and do what we can to lend our support to those battling cancer.
#breastcancerawareness #breastcancerawarenessmonth2022

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CMO Makes Presentation on Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease to Educators

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Thursday, October 12, 2022:​ Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Hazel
Laws was the specially invited guest presenter at a meeting of school principals and Education
officials earlier today in an effort to raise awareness about the highly contagious hand, foot and
mouth disease currently which is known to be easily spread among children.
The CMO was invited as a means of providing critical information that would help curb the
spread of the virus which presented itself locally over the past few weeks, especially as schools
are high risk areas as far as the spread of such diseases.

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