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No more room! Home for elderly maxed out-SFC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Adina Donovan Home for the Elderly continues to be filled to capacity as there is no room to accept anyone else.
No increment, small incentives being pulled – Peebles Hospital staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Staff of the new and old Peebles Hospital have been pulling the blanket from over their faces to uncover their discomfort and unhappiness with what they described as ‘heartless management’ at the health care facility.
‘Congrats BVIHSA on new Peebles Hospital’ - Damion C. Grange for HIMA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “The HIMA Health family extends heartfelt congratulations to the BVI Government, Health Services and the people of the British Virgin Islands on the inauguration of your new facility. Your commitment to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of hospital care throughout the Virgin Islands and the wider Caribbean community is admirable,” said Mr Damion C. Grange of HIMA.
‘VG Health Facility to start early 2015’ – Hon Ronnie W. Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “In the coming weeks Cabinet will decide and we will announce the contractor selected to construct the new Nurse Iris O’Neal medical facility in Virgin Gorda (VG) and work will begin early in the new year,” said Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton yesterday December 17, 2014.
‘Name New Hospital for Premier Smith’ – Hon Ronnie W. Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “At some later date Mr O’Neal [Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE (R9)] if you agree, we can name the facility after [Dr the Hon D. Orlando Smith],” suggested Minister for Health and Social Development Ronnie W. Skelton as he said that would be fitting for the 40 years attachment of Premier Smith to the Health Care main facility.
‘Increase is a must!’ – BVIHSA Chairman John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Board of Directors for BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Bishop John I. Cline said an increase in hospital fees is unavoidable despite who is in government as they are in a dastardly state of not being able to pay their bills and have had cause to close key units of the hospital for the lack of funds.
UPDATE: Minister Skelton being flown to Florida today!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - This news site’s senior National Democratic Party sources have just got off the phone with our news room confirming that the Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton’s condition is stable but serious.
‘Minister’s answer was malicious!’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “I found the Minister’s answer to be rather malicious because I cannot see where he can find where any paperwork was done to the Ministry of Finance asking them to transfer money from the Ministry of Education in 2010 to the seniors’ programme,” First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie said in an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online.
UPDATE: FIA’s staff budget nearly doubles between 2012 & 2014
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The budget for staffing of the Financial Investigation Agency (FIA) has increased almost twofold between 2012 and 2014, according to the Agency’s draft budget estimates for 2014 laid on the table of the House of Assembly at its last sitting on Thursday April 17, 2014.
UPDATE: BVIHSA ‘Cost of Living raise’ an increment – Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Bishop John I. Cline in an exclusive interview recently with the Virgin Islands News Online said that the ‘Cost of living increase’ that employees of would be getting will be less than previously enjoyed increments.
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