Confirmed reports reaching DNO indicate that six inmates at the Dominica State Prison have contracted Chicken Pox. “I can confirm to you that six inmates do ...
Nurses in Dominica on Thursday took part in a Nurses Education Day/ Maternal and Child Health Symposium as part of 2013 Nurses Week celebrations. The one-day ...
Nurses in Dominica held a Customer Appreciation and Open Day at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Wednesday as part of their Nurses Week celebration. The event ...
As you are aware, last week Wednesday, I was faced with a health situation which required me to be hospitalized both here in Dominica and Martinique. I must report ...
Nurses in Dominica are being urged to improve their attitudes on the job since this poses a major challenge to the nursing profession on the island. “Over the ...
Dominica’s health minister, Julius Timothy, is back home after he was airlifted to Martinique for treatment due to a mild stroke. DNO understands Timothy ...
A mass this afternoon (Tuesday) at the St Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church will kick off a week of activities to observe International Nurses’ Day. Each year ...
Dominica’s Health Minister, Julius Timothy, who was air lifted to Martinique a week ago after he collapsed at his home from a mild stroke, is said to be making ...
The month of May has been designated as “Blindness Awareness Month”. This means that during the month of May there will be a number of programs geared towards ...
As scientists worldwide express concern over a new strain of the bird flu virus in China, Dominica’s Ministry of Health says it has in place a robust pandemic ...
Dominicans awaiting non emergency surgery at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) can now breathe a sigh of relief, as they are being told that the anesthetic drug ...
Editor’s note: The following article appears in the first edition of Dominica’s first health journal entitled Rosies & Thorns, published by the ...
Senior Technologist in the Clinical Chemistry Department, Charmaine Brumant, has encouraged over 20 participants of a Phlebotomy Training Program at the Princess ...
With the government spending 5 percent of its annual health budget on providing free vaccines to Dominicans, the Ministry of Health is advising the general public ...
An acute shortage of anesthetic drugs has forced authorities at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) to scale back on non emergency surgeries. However Chief Medical ...
A Health and Safety Consultant wants proper recording and reporting of accidents at the workplace in Dominica, pointing out that the lack of recorded data is a ...
The Government of Dominica is committed to reducing the rate of infant mortality on the island by the year 2019. That assurance has come from the island’s Health ...
Dominica is taking action to prevent health care- associated infections at health facilities on the island and to reduce the costs associated with preventable ...
Health Minister Julius Timothy has called on all Haitian nationals living in Dominica to get vaccinated. This, as Dominica joins the rest of the region in observing ...
A health journal dubbed “Rosies and Thorns” has been launched to assist individuals in making wiser choices about their health. The journal is the brain child ...