DIAMOND RUBY — St. Croix and the U.S. Virgin Islands welcomed the first baby of the year at exactly 55 minutes after midnight. Baby Boy Immanuel Acosta, born on January 1, 2022 at 12:55 a.m., the Juan F. Luis Hospital said. Acosta was born 6 pounds, 11 ounces and is “thriving, active and observant,” according […]
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Hospital CEO Says Vaccines Are Best Bet To Reduce Health Risks From COVID-19
DIAMOND RUBY — The Juan F. Luis Hospital encourages community members and tourists to continue to implement precautionary measures during the holiday season in order to avoid exposure to COVID-19 and its variants. “The risk of exposure to, and infection of COVID-19 and its variants is still a high priority internally within the walls of […]
Juan F. Luis Hospital Continues To Provide Safe Patient Care Within ICU, ER
DIAMOND RUBY — Contrary to what has been recently communicated by some media outlets, the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Room (ER) remain open and caring for patients, the hospital said today. JFL has suffered staffing challenges and has been using Pafford Medical Services to augment JFL’s […]
Health Confirms 2 More COVID Deaths In The Territory, Total Now Stands At 71
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health on Monday confirmed two COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number in the territory to 71. The dead are an 89-year-old man on St. Croix and a 44-year-old woman on St. Thomas, according to a Health Department press release. Territorial Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis said Monday that […]
Territorial Board Decides To Pick New CEOs For Hospitals In St. Thomas And St. Croix
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The territorial hospital board chairman confirmed Thursday that both Luis and Schneider hospitals will be getting new chief executive officers. “The Territorial Hospital Board is involved in a search process for permanent CEOs for both hospitals. Dr. Luis Amaro and Dyma Williams were not chosen for the permanent positions. The next step […]
JFL Becomes First Hospital In USVI To Use Human Milk-Based Diet For Premies
SUNNY ISLE — In celebration of NICU Awareness Month in September, JFL has set a new standard for neonatal nutritional care for critically ill premature babies, the Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center (JFL) is the first hospital in the U.S. Virgin Islands to adopt Prolacta’s exclusive human milk diet (EHMD) in the […]
Backward USVI Hospital Employees Refuse To Be Vaccinated; Only 54% Have 1 Dose
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some healthcare workers are pushing back against new mandates requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but Schneider Hospital CEO Dr. Luis Amaro said such mandates are nothing new, and are the best way for physicians and nurses to keep their patients safe. Amaro said in an interview with The Daily News […]
Nurses Sit On The Sidelines, Refuse To Care For Patients In Standoff Over Vax Policy
SUNNY ISLE — Nurses at the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center refuse to help patients during the delta surge of COVID-19 because they refuse to be vaccinated. Nurses who have failed to comply with the St. Croix hospital’s health policies have been replaced in the interests of the health and safety of patients […]
St. Croix Hospital Says WhatsApp Message About Gas Refueling Causing COVID Is Fake
SUNNY ISLE — A WhatsApp message that stated “the hospital sent a message saying the Delta variant appears to be spreading rapidly through the refueling pump” and further states precautions should be taken while refueling gas — is false. Based on credible news sources, it appears that this message first began circulating in WhatsApp, domestically […]
‘Contaminated’ Juan F. Luis Hospital Makes Healthy People Sick With COVID-19
CHRISTIANSTED — St. Thomas gets four times as many tourists from the U.S. mainland as St. Croix. So you’d expect to see more hospitalizations in Charlotte Amalie than in Diamond Ruby, but that is not the case. In his weekly press briefing this afternoon, Governor Albert Bryan said fully 23 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 […]