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International Nurses Day – Karaine Richards’ Life as a Nurse

May 12, 2020 in National

[caption id="attachment_26659" align="alignleft" width="300"] Karaine Richards, Nurse Assistant at the Joseph Nathaniel France General (JNF) Hospital[/caption] With the CoVID19 pandemic severely impacting healthcare systems around the world, a renewed appreciation for nurses, and by extension members of the medical profession, even orderlies, strikes the hearts of...

SKNLP Asserts Deception from TUG

May 11, 2020 in National

[caption id="attachment_26656" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hon. Marcella Liburd, SKNLP's constituency 2 representative during the SKNLP's Mother's Day virtual meeting[/caption] Hon. Marcella Liburd, constituency representative for number 2, and deputy leader of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), has taken a trip down memory lane, reminding the electorate...

14 Patients Now Recover

May 11, 2020 in National

14 persons have now recovered from the corona virus, as the federation waits expectantly for the full recovery of the final patient. The announcement of case 14 was made over the weekend by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws, while giving the updated statistics for the...

A Different Kind of Mother’s Day

May 11, 2020 in National

  Mother's Day was quite different this year in St. Kitts and Nevis. While many are accustomed to luncheons at restaurants, or home, family get-togethers, and the usual mother's day hat parade, these were halted by CoVID19. Many resorted to virtual greetings, musical renditions, and distributions...

Discontentment Brews among Health Professionals

May 10, 2020 in National

While some health practitioners in the federation are somewhat pleased with a pay increase, others are upset at the inequitable manner in which it was done. FreedomFM was informed by a source that nurses will now be paid more, a move that was made retroactive to...