The medical community is mourning the untimely death of Director of Primary Health Care Unit in the Ministry of Health Dr. Francisca Jacobs Roberts who passed away this morning at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH).
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Dr. Roberts may have died of some lung infection resulting from the Dengue Fever.
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She was admitted to the PMH sometime last week but died this morning. Investigations are being carried out.
Dr. Kenneth Darroux, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Physical Planning and Fisheries and former district doctor, described Roberts’s untimely death as a sad moment and loss for Dominica.
Dr. Roberts was deeply committed to the development of primary health care and the health system in Dominica.
“She has given most of her medical life, if not all, towards the service of Dominica…It is a sad moment and loss for Dominica in general. Dominica mourns a daughter of the soil, a daughter who had a lot more to give in terms of the medical field in primary health care and the health system in general” Darroux said.
Dr. Francisca Jacobs Roberts was also a part-time lecturer at the Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica.
She was originally from Bense but resided at the Housing Scheme in Canefield at the time of her death
Obituary: Hubalde Stanislaus Oswald Williams
Hubalde “Baldie” Stanislaus Oswald Williams, 81, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2014.
Mr. Williams was born on May 7, 1932, in Vielle Case, Commonwealth of Dominica to Philip and Octavia (Royer) Williams. He married Rosemarie (Reynolds) of Mahaut in 1958. That union yielded six children.
He is survived by 12 children: Herminia Pickering (Robert), Claire, Mervin (Viviane), Cleopatra, Rosamund Gibbons (Leonard), Beryl Williams Augustin (Wisly), JoAnne Carryl (Stephen), Wilson (Nazarene), Stan (Ange), Sandra Ford (Bobb Smith), Dave, and Emaline. He is also survived by 22 grandchildren and 10 great-grand children.
Mr. Williams is also survived by Rosemarie Williams and by his sisters Ursula Williams, Olivia Williams, Caroline Johnson, and Euphrasia Durand. His brothers, Alexis and Philbert. Baldie, as he was affectionately known, also leaves to mourn scores of cousins, nieces, nephews, and numerous family members and special friends.
In memory of his life, a funeral ceremony will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church of the Oranges, 270 Reynolds Terrace, Orange, New Jersey 07050 on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.