The BVI Health Services Authority has partnered with a United Kingdom-based company to help standardise the quality of emergency-response training for healthcare workers in the Virgin Islands. The initiative, which …
October 7, 2024
October 3, 2024
Virgin Gorda keeps pushing for better healthcare
After weeks of voicing their frustrations online, an “ad hoc committee” of Virgin Gorda residents issued a press release last week detailing a litany of concerns about healthcare on the …
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September 19, 2024
Premier hopes Doughty visit will end threat of direct rule
A November visit by Britain’s new overseas territories minister will be a crunch moment in the ongoing effort to get London to lift its threat to impose temporary direct rule …
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September 12, 2024
Virgin Gorda health crisis sparks cries and demands
With emotion audible in her voice, Charlene Henderson spoke slowly in short sentences that commanded the room’s attention. “Bucky was dying. He could hardly breathe. He was breathing through his …
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April 11, 2024
Surgeries delayed by hospital AC outage
Elective surgeries were put on hold for at least 13 days at the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital as uncomfortable heat plagued the facility because of an air-conditioning problem, according …
April 8, 2024
Two new ambulances added to Virgin Islands fleet
Two new ambulances have been added to the fleet operated by the BVI Health Services Authority, the agency announced Tuesday. One of the vehicles was funded by the Ministry of …
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March 24, 2023
Ex-health chair questions removal
Last year, the Commission of Inquiry blasted then-Premier Andrew Fahie for overstepping his authority and unlawfully revoking the membership of the Climate Change Trust Fund Board before the end of …
December 6, 2022
BVI Health Services Authority pledges to tackle staff concerns
With the worst of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the BVI Health Services Authority announced on Nov. 24 that it is refocusing its efforts on bolstering non-emergency care and …
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November 14, 2022
Rotarians raise $45k for blood bank
With the help of its annual Grand Raffle, the Rotary Club of Tortola raised $45,000 for the purchase of equipment to expand the blood bank laboratory services at the BVI …
March 21, 2022
Woman hit by car in Road Town
A female pedestrian was hospitalised on March 11 after being hit by a car around 5 p.m. on Customs Road in Road Town, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton stated on …
February 11, 2022
BVIHSA denies ‘sickout’ reports
The BVI Health Services Authority denied reports of a nurse “sickout” when it released a statement on Sun- day saying there was no such protest. The BVIHSA said that it …
February 11, 2022
Premier blasted over BVIHSA letter
Three of the four opposition members — Opposition Leader Marlon Penn, Julian Fraser and Mitch Turnbull — held their first press conference of the year on Feb. 2. During the …
July 23, 2021
Government pushes vaccination drive as territory records 23 Covid-19 deaths
The Covid-19 outbreak in the Virgin Islands shows few signs of slowing down, with at least 19 people dead over the past nine days and health workers struggling to respond …
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September 24, 2020
Hospital gets accreditation
The Dr. Orlando Smith Hospital has achieved accreditation with the Norway-headquartered accrediting body DNV-GL, making it the first in the region to earn the status and one of three public …
September 5, 2019
BVIHSA works toward accreditation
The BVI Health Services Authority is in the process of being accredited and is scheduled to be reviewed next month, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone told the Standing …
June 26, 2019
Hospital accreditation review coming soon
The BVI Health Services Authority is preparing for an accreditation review scheduled for later this year, according to BVIHSA CEO Dr. Ronald Georges. “We started our accreditation journey in 2016,” …
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May 14, 2018
Health Services Authority holds Perinatal Conference to look at health of mothers and babies
The average mortality rate for infants under 28 days old in the Virgin Islands in the past five years is around 9.52 per 1,000 live births. That’s better than the …
