ST. THOMAS — The Consortium on Thursday learned that the Seaview Nursing Home, facing a myriad of issues from an aging facility to financial constraints, is set to close next week. The publication was informed of the impending closure by a person with knowledge of the matter, prompting the Consortium to reach out to Dept. of Human Services Commissioner Kimberley Causey-Gomez Thursday afternoon for comment. On Friday, the commissioner announced that D.H.S. is working closely with the Sea View Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility as they close their residential services to severely disabled adults and senior citizens on January 30. Although Sea View’s formal relationship with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ended on or about January 30, 2016 and Sea View was decertified as a Skilled Nursing Facility, Dr. Alfred Heath, owner…
Governor Albert Bryan has submitted legislation to the 33rd Legislature to overhaul and reform the territory’s…
The 2019-2020 flu season is well underway nationally and territorially, and the Virgin Islands Department…
On November 4, 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warned the public about fatal victims…
Dept. of Health Confirms Several Cases of Dengue…
Robert Moore January 01, 2020The Virgin Islands Department of Health (D.O.H.) reported Tuesday that laboratory-confirmed cases of…
Coral World Provides Lifesaving Equipment for…
Staff Consortium December 19, 2019Divers on Dec. 6 found a juvenile green sea turtle struggling with fishing line wrapped around her shell…
Plaskett Succeeds in Securing Additional $252…
Ernice Gilbert December 18, 2019The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced a $1.4 trillion fiscal year 2020 spending bill…
Video of Fight Circulating Claiming to Be at…
Staff Consortium December 16, 2019ST. CROIX — A video that shows a woman entering the room of a sick hospital patient and proceeding to…
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The U.S. Senate is closing in on a deal to provide Medicaid certainty for the territory over the next few years. “This week, the Senate Finance Committee issued a statement indicating that they r...
Possible leadership changes at the Schneider Regional Medical Center and the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center could become central factors in the way Virgin Islands hospitals are managed. Wit...
ST. THOMAS — A man was pronounced dead at the Juan F. Luis Hospital on Wednesday, Nov. 27 after drowning while snorkeling in Buck Island waters, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has a...
ST. CROIX — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released $10.5 million to the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center to begin the rebuild process. The funds come some two years following H...
President Donald Trump is softening his stance on banning vaping, stating during at meeting at the White House on Friday that the move would potentially do more harm than good, with those wanting to t...
Governor Albert Bryan on Tuesday hosted an inaugural meeting reestablishing the Virgin Islands Inter-agency Council on Homelessness (VIICH) at Government House on St. Croix. The reestablishment coinci...
ST. CROIX — In a release issued Sunday night announcing the reopening of the St. Croix Central High School following three days of closure last week because of a foul, potentially harmful odor encom...
A new study published by the American Journal of Public Health drastically increases the death toll resulting from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the territory as reported by the Virgin Islands govern...
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