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Cuban COVID team to stay another six months Article by April 8, 2021 A year after arriving here to join the frontline battle against the coronavirus,  the Cuban medical team is to stay here until early October, at the request of Barbadian authorities. To seal the deal, representatives of the Ministry of Health and the government in Havana, Wednesday signed yet another six-month extension agreement – the third – at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Culloden Road. In this Cuban embassy photo, Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland (second from left), executive chairman of the Queen...

Variety brings Easter cheer for kids at Harrison’s Point Article by April 7, 2021 Children in insolation for COVID-19 were treated to kite-flying over the Easter weekend, through Variety – The Children’s Charity. A donation of 14 kites was made to Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Corey Forde last Thursday for the children in tertiary care at Harrison’s Point. Dr. Forde expressed his gratitude for the kites presented, which he said would provide an absolute thrill for the children. “Easter is certainly a period of giving and sharing and during this difficult peri...

Rotary Club playing major civic role Article by April 7, 2021 All Barbadians acknowledge that the Harrison’s Point facility is the focal centre for treatment of persons who are afflicted with the COVID–19 virus. The residents at this facility are being cared for by a committed and dedicated team of health professionals. Hospital employees and health care providers are on the frontline in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic which has affected many. It is therefore incumbent on all individuals to search for ways to provide the help and support that the profession...

Social Share A 70-year-old Barbadian man with comorbidities is the latest COVID-19 fatality, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 43. He passed away on Friday, April 2, after spending 29 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, 19 of which he was on a ventilator. Additionally, three women tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.  They were identified from among 346 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Meanwhile, 20 people recovered from the virus and were released from isolation. The number remaining in isolation is 105. The total confirmed COVI...

Social Share From humble beginnings growing up in the working-class area of Jackson, St Michael, Dr Corey Forde has become one of the most prominent figures and faces in Barbados’ COVID-19 battle. The island’s lone infectious disease specialist, who is National Co-ordinator of Isolation Facilities for COVID-19 Management in Barbados, stands tall in his field. Modesty shrouds the remarkable achievements of the former student of Sharon Primary School and the Alleyne School, who always wanted to be a doctor – a lofty aspiration, given the modest circumstances in which he was raised by w...