Health
This area is dedicated health issues, activities, clinics and hospitals, all designed to improve the health of people of Corozal.
Upgrading and projects of Corozal Community Hospital
Ultra Sound, X-ray, and Bone Density Machine
Mexico Joins Corozal in Health Fair
Latest Health News
The Ministry of Health has purchased $1.6 worth of supplies to be distributed throughout the country. The equipment includes hospital beds, bassinets, paediatric cribs, delivery tables, dental equipment, fetal monitors, examination tables, incubators, nebulizers and wheelchairs.
Corozal to Benefit from Supplies and Training
Sat 15 Aug 2009—Corozal is the beneficiary of medical equipment which Larry Smith of the Red Cross estimated to be worth about $175,000 BZ, to used by first responders in the area. ... show/hideThe supplies were donated through the efforts of Phyl Mason of Edmonton, Canada, and imported duty free thanks to the help of Hon. Pablo Marin, Minister of Health. This equipment is being made into trauma kits to be used by the police, the fire department, a triage team, the villages, and the hospital.
Hon. Pablo Marin is helping organize training for the use of these kits, including Red Cross First Aid and CPR training. Nurse Guillermina Heredia, Deputy Regional Health Manager of the North, and Larry Smith of the Red Cross are involved in the planning. Doctors from Belmopan will be doing the five-day training for the first responders.
Serenity Sands has been instrumental in this project. This is a pilot project in Corozal and will hopefully will be continued in other areas of Belize.
We will be reporting on the progress of this project.
Corozal Hospital Receives Defibrillator
Mon 7 Sep 2009—Defibrillator donated to Corozal Hospital ... show/hideA defibrillator, used to stimulate the heart, has been donated to the Corozal Hospital. Nurse Lourdes Heredia and Dr. Nelson Marin both have training in the use of this machine. A charger and new batteries were donated along with masks and tubing.
Serenity Sands has been instrumental in obtaining these supplies.