{"id":342577,"date":"2025-06-02T18:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=342577"},"modified":"2025-06-02T18:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:51:54","slug":"video-ministry-of-health-hurricane-preparedness-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/video-ministry-of-health-hurricane-preparedness-update\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Ministry of Health hurricane preparedness update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-248264\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hurricane-season-e1686931786822-642x287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hurricane-season-e1686931786822-642x287.png 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hurricane-season-e1686931786822-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hurricane-season-e1686931786822-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hurricane-season-e1686931786822-640x286.png 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hurricane-season-e1686931786822.png 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Below is a video press update from the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Social Services, detailing the arrangements that have been made in preparation for the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season, as well as tips for the general public for their own preparations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Details are being presented by:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Doreen Fabien- Facilities Manager, Dominica Hospitals Authority<\/li>\n<li>Dr Mutiu Olagunju- Officer in Charge in the Office of the Director of Primary Health Care Services<\/li>\n<li>Sylvester Henderson- Coordinator, Project Management Unit<\/li>\n<li>Sabrina Bernard- Health Educator, Health Promotion Unit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-342577-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hurricane-Preparedness-Press-Update-June-2-2025.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hurricane-Preparedness-Press-Update-June-2-2025.mp4\">https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hurricane-Preparedness-Press-Update-June-2-2025.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Below is a video press update from the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Social Services, detailing the arrangements that have been made in preparation for the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season, as well as tips for the general public for their&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":303283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[158,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disasters","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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