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Injured JvD teen on recovery road despite irreversible spinal injury
FORTH LAUDERDALE, Florida, USA – The Jost van Dyke teen who reportedly suffered a broken vertebrate and paralysis as a result of a swimming incident at White Bay, Jost van Dyke on June 30, 2023, is now on the road to recovery having been transferred to the Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for surgery and treatment.
Patient recovering following open heart surgery @ Bougainvillea Clinic – Dr. Miller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Resident cardio-thoracic surgeon Dr. Rodger Miller has reported that following the landmark open-heart surgery in the Virgin Islands on November 16, 2021, the female patient who’s an employee of Rite Way, is recovering well.
$200K raised & cancer patient Marilyn A. Glasgow has successful surgery!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- To raise $200,000 for a bone marrow transplant seemed an impossible task for waitress Marilyn A. Glasgow who was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma early last year, 2020; however, her burdens were lifted when persons and entities came to her assistance to help raise the funds.
ZBVI's Zan Lewis hospitalised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Sources at the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital have informed our newsroom that ZBVI's News Director, Mr Zan Lewis has been hospitalised and has since undergone surgery.
Family battling to help scooter accident victim walk again
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Family and friends of Kawa G. Williams, a scooter accident victim, are banding together to help raise urgent funds to help the young man walk again.
Bougainvillea Clinic successfully performs first kidney transplant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The first successful kidney transplant has been performed in the Virgin Islands, with the private health facility, Bougainvillea Clinic, making medical history in the territory on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
Woman mauled by Pitbull in Sea Cows Bay
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- A woman is hospitalised with severe injuries after being attacked by a Pitbull in Sea Cows Bay, on the main island of Tortola, on Friday May 17, 2019.
St Maarten hit & run victim Ryan L. Best undergoes 2 surgeries in US
PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten- Scotiabank BVI Branch Manager Ryan L. Best, who suffered severe head trauma and was subsequently air dashed to the United States of America (USA) following a hit and run accident on Sint Maarten on April 28, 2018, has since undergone two surgeries and has been responsive.
VG youth loses leg after struck by vehicle
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- A young man who was the victim of an accident about three weeks ago on the sister island of Virgin Gorda has lost a leg as a result and his family wants the alleged perpetrator to be brought to justice.
Popular Jamaican DJ who resided in VI for years dies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that a Jamaican man who lived on Tortola for several years, and was shot while in Jamaica over a year ago, has died following a second surgery to remove bullets lodged in his body.