It is my sad duty to announce the official funeral entitlements and honours for Dr. The Right Honourable Sir Aral Howard Archibald Fergus KBE OE PhD who died peacefully on 23rd March 2023 at the Glendon Hospital in St. John’s, Montserrat. Now, therefore, I wish to proclaim that Dr. The Right Honourable Sir Aral Howard […]
From the Department of Legislature. To put it mildly, Aral, Howard, Archibald Fergus, KBE, OE, PhD was a great man of the soil. He came from Long Ground, which he described as a poor village in his book “Road from Long Ground, My Personal Path.” Many people said that Long Ground was “behind God back,”
Potential Bidders are invited to submit a Quotation for the renovation of a building section at the Glendon Hospital in Montserrat, to enable the installation of newly purchased mammography equipment. The scope includes the supply of labour and materials for completion of the works, including (but not limited to): demolition, modifications, door installation, painting, bathroom
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has revealed that the recent outbreak of gastroenteritis was caused by the Norovirus. Cases of COVID-19 and the flu are also on the increase and caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus and Metapneumovirus respectively. Director of Primary Health Care, Dr. Dorothea Hazel-Blake, indicated that over the past few
On Wednesday March 22, 2023, Government of Montserrat Officials were on hand at the Montserrat Port Authority to receive Montserrat’s new Planmed Clarity™ 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Machine. The state of the art mammography equipment uses technology that enables radiologists to identify and characterize lumps or lesions without the confusion of overlapping breast tissue. Historically,
The Ministry of Health and Social Services is announcing the invitation to prequalify for the tendering for construction of the New National Hospital Project, a multi-million-dollar investment in Montserrat’s healthcare system by the Government of Montserrat. It is funded by the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) via the Capital Investment Programme for Resilient
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has concluded a Non-Communicable Diseases Gap Analysis with the support of public health consultants from the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Over the course of three days the Ministry engaged with internal, public and private stakeholders to identify gaps in the local healthcare processes and services
The Ministry of Health and Social Services is alerting the public of an increase in the number of persons presenting at local health facilities with vomiting and diarrhoea suspected to be gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis an infection of the stomach and lining of the intestines due to a virus, bacteria or parasite. Currently, the cause of the
Montserratians, residents, and friends, at the opening of this New Year, it gives me great pleasure to greet you and to extend best wishes to you and your families for a healthy, prosperous and happy new year – 2023. As we reflect on the past year—the successes, the challenges, the lessons learned and the blessings;
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6 January 2023 – The Ministry of Health and Social Services wishes to inform the general public that a report on social media causing alarm about the COVID-19 XBB variant did not originate from the Ministry. The report began circulating across the Caribbean region in late December 2022; prompting Ministries of Health in several islands
