MIAMI, FL.  – When doctors in Antigua said eight-year-old Janelle Charles’ only option was to have both her legs amputated by the following week, it did not sit well with her mother, Thekla. That was six years ago. Thekla’s online research led them to Sheila Ann Conway, M.D., Chief of the Division of Orthopedic Oncology in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s first fully automated histopathology laboratory opened at the Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital here on Saturday. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Two University of the West Indies (UWI) medical researchers are sounding the alarm on the rising incidence of cancers in developing states.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Starting next month, the Ministry of Health will be rolling out a registered nursing program aimed at training 1,000 people annually and upon successful completion, persons are being guaranteed a job within the health sector.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Health City Cayman Islands is offering a cutting-edge solution for patients with slow heartbeats. The facility has the capability to insert leadless pacemakers, which transmit electrical pulses to the heart without insulated wires.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – A Caymanian business owner has reported that the bariatric procedure she received at Health City Cayman Islands two years ago has dramatically changed her life for the better.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called on countries in the region to urgently expand access to prevention, detection and treatment services to accelerate progress towards ending tuberculosis (TB), one of the mostly deadly infectious diseases in the world.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts-Nevis government says it will introduce universal health insurance and a new smart hospital to the twin island Federation as part of the efforts to transform the country’s health system.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling on countries of the Americas, including those in the Caribbean, to strengthen measures to diagnose and manage chikungunya due to an increase in cases in some areas.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - Broward Health celebrated the opening of its advanced robotic electrophysiology lab to treat heart rhythm disorders with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the lab and other cardiac areas. Located at Broward Health Medical Center, the lab is the fifth in the nation and the first in Florida to be equipped with the latest robotic technology for cardiac ablation procedures using the Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation system by Stereotaxis.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – In a quest to access lifesaving vaccines without relying on supplies from developed countries, the Government of Guyana has reached out the nations of Rwanda and India to strengthen its healthcare services and potentially, manufacture vaccines in the Caribbean.

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis - Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Dr. Hon. Terrance Drew and members of his cabinet made a powerful statement about the importance of blood donation by visiting the National Blood Bank to donate blood.