Medical Director of the Dominica-China Friendship Hospital, Dr. Ruby Blanc, said a number of Dominicans who have returned to the island with specializations are providing increased services to the health sector.
She was a guest on Prime Minister Skerrit Annou Pale talk show recently.
“In the last year or two, a number of young Dominicans have returned with specializations providing increased services in the health sector, specifically cardiology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology, urology, oncology…,” she said. “Some of those areas are the first time we had some of those persons who are locals, so this is obviously the first important step.”
According to Dr. Blanc, there are a number of ongoing projects. She said on Saturday July 10, the Government of Dominica and the World Pediatric Project (WPP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
“Persons may also have heard about a week ago about the artificial intelligence project which is going on in the eye department where we are using technology to help with the provision of care in patients with diabetic retinopathy or to diagnose diabetic retinopathy,” Dr. Blanc stated.
She explained that Diabetic Retinopathy is important because it is a major cause of blindness in persons who have diabetes.
She went on to say that the health department is also looking forward to significant improvement in the radiology department.
“The MRI will hopefully be commissioned very soon and we are also hoping to employ personnel who will help us to improve or add to the services that we can get from the CT Scan machine,” Dr. Blanc revealed.
In addition, she indicated that training has already started on the use of the High Intensity Focus Ultrasound (HIFU) machine, “and by my last check we are the only country in the Eastern Caribbean with such a machine.”
Dr. Blanc mentioned further that plans are in place to develop the eye department as a centre of excellence where government will be able to bring in specialists and subspecialists to provide care not just to our local patients, “but probably for the first time we will have persons who will be coming into Dominica to seek care.”
She said the government is also in advanced discussions with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus in a number of areas.
“One, to assist in eye care, but more widely, to use Dominica as a site for certain portions of their post-graduate program, obviously in certain disciplines,” she stated.
Dr. Blanc said she believes this will be a major success story for Dominica.
% % % who care what you believe or do not believe,you are a LOSER like the rest of the other UWP coonu.Sam was arrested and charged with ……………Dangleben is a UWP political BBF.Same for Rickets.Emmanuel Jno Finn is a Dentist.Except Ricketts all the others spent their productive years working in ,and for a foreign country.We have young professionals in advance medicine returning to work in Domininica.The Doctors you mention are OUTDATED and should remain where they spent their young days as medical Doctors.When they were young and strong they had no USE for Dominica,now all of them are over 60,they should RETIRE,enjoy life.A bunch of UWP Doctors wanting to see Dominica FALL.TRAITORS, always criticizing the country.
ADMIN: Dr. Sam Christian was charged with several counts of drug trafficking and related charges by the state of Ohio for running a drug treatment/recovery program without a state license (he had attained a federal license but had been refused a state license).
You can read more here: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/dominican-dr-sam-christian-clears-the-air-redoctor-under-investigations-in-the-us-for-drug-trafficking/
%, You are so arrogant, ignorant and stupid! You are doing mischief to your very own. Boss even in the great USA, not ALL hospitals can undergo every procedure therefore some patients are moved from one hospital to another where the particular service can be rendered. So what are you talking about “inadequacies of hospital services?” Stop bringing the country you say you love down.
“reak doctors”… You said good day to? Are you for real?
You sound like a real joker for true, because according to you ALL the doctors you made mention of you said good day to are not for real. They are ALL fake!
They are just figment of your imagination.
They are ALL hungry for position persons looking for a job.
Go look up the meaning of the word… “reak”!
Whoever gets a job like that in Dominica must be a follower of the Ruler and a carrier of the DLP bible. So forgive me if I display very little enthusiasm on the appointment of this woman. Corruption as far as the eye can see.
“The MRI will hopefully be commissioned very soon and we are also hoping to employ personnel who will help us to improve or add to the services that we can get from the CT Scan machine,” Dr. Blanc revealed.
Madam, what have you really said? hopefully …hoping … plenty cheap talk if you ask me
To be appointed to a position like that in Dominica, requires being a Skerrit follower. I say no more…
Lady whenever you are on a programme with a liar like Skerrit, you risk being called a liar yourself.
I do not believe ANYTHING that you said on this programne, in the same way i do not believe ANYTHING which emanates from liar Skerrit’s mouth…
The only reason why these young doctors are coming back is because they have a bond for 3 years with the government.
So why are you listening? Stop listening for you do not believe anything
Get out of here!!!!
When you lister to Skerrits lying utterances, then you get a first hand picture of how satanic he is.
Mehul Chuksi’s illness recently exposed the inadequacies of hospital services at the PMH. The place is just a painted building which cannot provide basic health services. He exposed all the LIES that were peddeled by liar Skerrit, and the lies you are spewing here…Who are those people you are referring to as returning Dominicans? Sycophants of the DLP or real specialists? When people like you are on a programme with liar Skerrit, you must sing his song or else………….you know what!!!!
Let me say good day to some reak doctors!!!!
Doctor Eipigh
Doctor Dale Dangleben
Doctor Ricketts
Doctor Sam Christian
Doctor Jno Finn,etc, etc, etc,
To you Skerrites stop the LIES!!!
CHUKSI…!!!!