May 11, 2021
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has promised persons living in rural parishes suffering water outages that Government will solve the issue.
In fact, she has promised that relief will be coming in a matter of weeks for those residents in St Joseph plagued by dry taps.
Addressing the official re-opening of the St Joseph Outpatient Clinic in Horse Hill this morning, Mottley said the construction of a new reservoir at Castle Grant was scheduled to be completed within the next four to six months and residents therefore would not have to wait that long for water relief.
“There was a problem with garbage and it was solved. There was a problem with buses and it was solved. There was a problem with access to medical services and it has been solved. There is a problem with water and it will be solved,” the Prime Minister promised.
May 9, 2021
Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic on Sunday announced that the St George Primary School and the Princess Margaret Secondary School are now “cleared” from a public health perspective.
Last week Chief Medical Officer, Dr Kenneth George confirmed that health authorities were investigating COVID-19 exposures at the two schools.
At a news conference this afternoon, Bostic said seven of the new positive cases of COVID-19, identified by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory in its most recent report, were attributed to two family clusters that health officials have been following for the past several days.
He said one of those family clusters had three new cases, while the other had four.
As Psychiatric hospital COVID cases rise, staff decline tests
Article by May 7, 2021
A spike of COVID-19 cases at the Psychiatric Hospital has been complicated by a disturbing trend of staff members refusing to be tested for the virus, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George.
As the cluster of cases reaches 50 – 49 males and one female – Dr George revealed: “There has been some reluctance on the part of some members of staff at the Psychiatric Hospital to get tested.
Declining the test leads to an extension of quarantine from five days to two weeks to rule out infection.
“I am just imploring you that if we are to get to the true bottom of the situation in the Psychiatric Hospital, we need the cooperation of all staff.”
May 4, 2021
The outbreaks of COVID-19 at both the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and the Psychiatric Hospital are under control, Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic declared Monday.
He said the two clusters are being handled appropriately and that he was hopeful they would soon end.
Last Friday, it was revealed that 15 of the 17 new COVID-19 cases involved patients and staff from the mental health institution and three other people tested positive Monday.
A 42-year-old male patient who was recently discharged from the hospital after a three-month stay is suspected to be the source of the infections.
Director of the Psychiatric Hospital David Leacock revealed that all 82 clients and 25 staff members on the affected ward had been tested.
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