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Barbados Independence Movement Is Rippling Across the Caribbean

Barbados Independence Movement Is Rippling Across the Caribbean
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Counselling team willing and ready - Barbados Today

Counselling team willing and ready - Barbados Today
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Minister of Education should apologise

Minister of Education, Kay McConney, should take personal responsibility for the fiasco surrounding the administration of a survey by the International-American Development Bank (IDB) which was given to some first form students to complete earlier this week. Many of the questions were deemed inappropriate, and former Minister of Education, Ronald Jones, who was on Starcom Network’s Down To Brass Tacks on Friday, said the responsibility was not that of Chief …

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QEH to clear eye surgery backlog - Barbados Today

Health authorities have announced an initiative to address the eye surgery backlog at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and they are hoping to show significant progress in three months.Minister of Health and Wellness Ian Gooding-Edghill told a Down To Brass Tacks radio talk show on Starcom Network on Friday that he is on a mission to cut the number of patients waiting for cataract surgeries and to improve care in the shortest possible time.The minister promised to monitor the situation over the next three months, assuring the public that if the numbers did not reach the targeted level, he would turn to the Cubans for additional manpower. He said when he took up the ministry, there were 1,750 patients waiting for cataract surgery, but after meeting with the Department of Opthalmology, he was assured the backlog had started to be reduced.

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$160 million QEH equipment replacement plan

Minister of Health and Wellness Ian Gooding-Edghill has revealed plans to spend more than $160 million to replace equipment at the island’s only public hospital over a five-year period.He has also recommended the creation of a fund to pay for improvements to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) plant in the longer term.Gooding-Edghill spoke about the planned capital expenditure programme while appearing on Down To Brass Tacks on Starcom Network on Friday, when he said he would be taking a comprehensive proposal to the Ministry of Finance shortly.“I came up with a five-year capital plan. We have to discuss it with the Ministry of Finance and, subject to their approval, we are going to spread the replacement over five years.“It’s not a situation where we are going to buy everything in one year. In the first two years we have projected, based on the plan that we have, we will spend in excess of $60 million and then obviously the remainder over the next [three] years that will be wel

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