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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has declared war on Diabetes in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.   This is according to Portfolio Minister, St. Clair Prince, as he addressed a Diabetes Symposium and Fair on Wednesday at Heritage Square, to commemorate World Diabetes Day.   He said Diabetes is ranked as one…

St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is piloting a “Public Health Emergency Response System

The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) has received a donation of medical equipment and supplies, inclusive of portable ultra sound machines, from the St Matthias Charities Inc. During a brief ceremony held at the hospital on Friday, May 19, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment, Cuthbert Knights, received 17 boxes of equipment and supplies, on the ministry’s behalf, for use in the operating theatres and …

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THE Public Service Union (PSU) says that one of its members is seeking an apology from local health authorities after being strip searched while on her period. Union executives have described the incident, which apparently took place on June 14, 2022, as “disrespectful” and “humiliating”, and reports are that the member — a female attendant at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) was unaware as to why she was being …

The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been credited with just over 50 per cent of the total funding for the Acute Referral Hospital to be built in Arnos Vale. Finance minister Camillo Gonsalves, while speaking at a press conference this morning at Cabinet Room, announced that the World Bank credited the country with US$51 million on August 8. The minister noted that the total estimated cost for …

Healthcare workers in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are now required to take COVID-19 boosters at five-month intervals. This is according to a memorandum from the Ministry of Health dated August 5, 2022, which advised on the decision taken by Cabinet on July 27, 2022. Healthcare workers, as defined in SR&O number 28 of 2021, are among groups of workers required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order …

A handful of unvaccinated permanent sanitation workers were allowed to return to work this month, after being off the job for three months as a result of the government’s COVID-19 vaccine policy.  The government implemented its COVID-19 vaccine policy last November, which saw a number of certain public workers being out of jobs due to their unwillingness to take a vaccine to maintain their respective positions.  These workers included at …

The government of Mexico has donated a quantity of 10,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to be used in its ongoing fight against COVID-19. The vaccines were brought to SVG on board a Mexican aircraft last week Friday, February 18 accompanied by a delegation headed by Executive Director of the Mexican Agency of International Co-operation for Development (AMEXCID), Dr. Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas states a release …

Ministers of Health of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States(OECS) examined strategies to strengthen Ministries of Health at the 7th Annual meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers of Health convened virtually on Wednesday, November 24. St Vincent and the Grenadines(SVG), was among states present at the meeting that was convened under the theme: Health System Strengthening and Laboratory Advocacy during the COVID-19 pandemic, chaired by Anguilla’s Premier and Minister …