The Barbados Advocate reported severe overcrowding at the Barbados General Hospital, with patients sharing beds and some being discharged despite needing further care. Rising admissions placed increasing pressure on doctors, nurses and facilities, strengthening calls for a new hospital. The crisis eventually contributed to the development of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which opened in 1964.
The Barbados Advocate reported on the coroner’s inquest into the death of 19-year-old Raynaud Brewster, who was fatally crushed by a lorry at Francia...
An urgent meeting is called to discuss the concerns over reducing space for burial, namely the Westbury cemetery.
Additional information revealed on the murder at Joes River Plantation in the Barbadian