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
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.
Published 16 October 2022
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source
Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew was given a tour of the Pogson Medical Center today (October 14) at which point he was updated on a number of positive changes made to the operations at the medical facility.
Prime Minister and Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew paid a visit to the Haemodialysis Unit of the JNF General Hospital this evening (October 14) to personally thank the nursing staff there for their quick action to ensure patients were still able to receive care even while facing a challenge of acquiring bloodlines for the haemodialysis machines.
Published 16 October 2022
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St Kitts Nevis News Source
By Elsa Maishman
BBC News
A three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak.
Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in Mubende and neighbouring Kassanda, and a curfew will come into force.
