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Blood donated locally has to be tested in PR- BVIHSA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of the major projects of the Rotary Club of Tortola in the current Rotary year is to improve and upgrade the blood bank and storage facilities at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital.
Decline in uptake of compulsory childhood vaccines in VI- BVIHSA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) has noticed a drastic reduction in children receiving compulsory childhood vaccines. It is also alarming that even now the trend continues, especially with the resurgence of diseases such as polio and measles.
Cedorene P. Malone-Smith back @ BVIHSA; Levor A.H. Lettsome out!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our newsroom is that former Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Cedorene Patricia Malone-Smith is back at the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA); however, the Human Resources Manager Mr Levor A. H. Lettsome is not.
BVIHSA Board ‘received no directive’ from Premier- Moleto A. Smith Jr
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Mr Moleto A. Smith Jr has emphasised that the BVIHSA Board is very independent and never received any directives from Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to send two senior staff members home due to alleged irregularities.
UPDATE: ER sickout protest continues with roughly 10 nurses, auxiliary staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) stating he has not been informed officially of a sickout by medical staff of Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital’s Emergency Room (ER), the protest action has reportedly entered its fourth day, today, Monday, February 7, 2022.
There’s an insufficient balance of healthy people in VI– BVIHSA Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Chairman of the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Mr Moleto A. Smith has lamented that there is an insufficient balance of healthy persons in the Virgin Islands (VI).
James Zolfi is VI's New Year's Day baby!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands first baby of 2022 arrived on New Year’s morning, January 1.
Visitation to inpatient units & ER suspended @ D. Orlando Smith Hospital
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Visitation to the inpatient units and emergency room of the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital on Tortola has been ‘briefly’ suspended.
Shake-up @ BVIHSA: Patricia Malone-Smith & Levor Lettsome out!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Word reaching our news centre from Members of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Board is that the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Cedorene Patricia Malone-Smith, and the Human Resources Manager, Levor A. H Lettsome were both reportedly sent home abruptly earlier this week on non-disciplinary leave.
UPDATE: CIBC Bank re-opens after COVID forced RT branch closure
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The CIBC FirstCaribbean branch in Road Town, Tortola re-opened today, Wednesday, December 1, 2021, for most services except in-branch deposits and withdrawals or the opening of new accounts.
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