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Infectious disease specialist The Most Honourable Dr Corey Forde has complimented several doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) for staying the course amidst challenging circumstances. Forde, who was honoured with a national recognition for his exemplary work at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St Lucy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic post-2020, said it was important that the QEH be able to celebrate the hard work of …
Next year, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will be celebrating its 60th year of existence, serving this country as the primary health institution for the population. The majority of Barbadians can attest to having some form of interaction with the Martindales Road, St Michael institution, either through access of health care service for themselves, relatives or close friends.Like any person or institution approaching such a milestone, there will be many memories, good and bad, accomplishments and low points. Even with the proliferation of privately operated health care facilities, the QEH still remains the main institution for the treatment of health emergencies and acute care.It is not unheard of for people of means to attend one of the high-priced private facilities, only to be forced to turn to the publicly run QEH when critical care is required.
Four elderly people have been abandoned at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St Lucy by their families after going there for treatment for COVID-19 infections.
This was revealed by Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey, as he responded to questions about welfare services and care of the elderly from his colleague and Member of Parliament for St
If more Barbadians considered the number of institutions and businesses who are in possession of detailed personal and sensitive information about us, they would take the matter of cyber-attacks more seriously.This week, we learned from officials of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), our primary health care institution, that it had been attacked by hackers, who succeeded in crippling some aspects of the hospital’s operations.If that was not bad enough, we later learned that the attack had also impacted operations of the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, which was established to care for the sickest patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.The attacks have not been limited to the public sector.
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