Schneider Regional Medical Center (SRMC) announced today it is lifting the temporary restrictions placed on elective surgeries and outpatient procedures. As the nation is reopening and moving back to normal operations, SRMC said it is prepared to begin scheduling non-high risk patients for outpatient and electives procedures. The hospital said the U.S. Virgin Islands has experienced relatively low and stable incidences of COVID-19, that have allowed SRMC the flexibility to resume these services for patients needing non- emergent or non-COVID-19 related care. “This is great news for patients who have placed their care plans on hold due to COVID-19,” said Dr. Luis Amaro, Interim CEO of SRMC. “Our team is ready to deliver safe, quality healthcare services to all patients. We will continue to follow all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Public Assistance Program has approved $11,979,526…
Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach is reminding Medicare beneficiaries that coronavirus tests can be…
The Virgin Islands Department of Health said Friday that as of April 8, due to delays brought about…
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Staff Consortium February 27, 2020The V.I. Department of Health said Thursday it will be conducting door-to-door interviews for a hurricane…
THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS — The Government of the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday blocked a ship from docking at its port over concerns that persons on the vessel may have been in regions with ...
While the Senate Committee on Health, Hospitals, and Human Services, which is chaired by Senator Oakland Benta, has scheduled a March 13 hearing to receive updates from local health officials on the ...
Using cistern water without properly treating it may increase your chance of getting sick from a water-related illness, according to a new evaluation from the V.I. Department of Health in collaboratio...
Even as President Donald Trump downplayed the impact and risk to the United States of the coronavirus during a press briefing Wednesday night, the deadly pathogen has spread to at least 44 countries, ...
AP — China’s massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global spread of the new viru...
A bill signed into law last year that bans the use of certain sunscreens in the USVI will take effect on its original date of March 30 and not July, following a line-item veto by Governor Albert Bryan...
A long-awaited Comprehensive Land And Water Use Plan (CLWUP) for the Virgin Islands is back on the drawing board – with a few new approaches. Previous legislatures rejected Department of Planning a...
ST. CROIX — Three hundred tons of trash. That is how much solid waste is created on St. Croix on a daily basis. The cost of transporting that waste off-island would be upwards of $280 per ton. D...
ST. CROIX — Nbiko Bowry, a Life Scout with the Boy Scouts of America Troop 7227, has launched a public awareness campaign to advocate for annual screening for the early detection, intervention and p...
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