The radiology department of the Falmouth Public General Hospital (FPGH) now has a US$100,000 digital X-ray system, which will enhance the quality and efficiency of diagnostic services at the facility. We Care – FPGH Limited, a charity for the hospital, partnered with the Issa Trust Foundation to purchase the picture archiving and communication system (PACS), with computed radiography (CR) and...

National Epidemiologist, Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr, says health officials are seeing “some amount of slowing down” in the daily recorded number of coronavirus (COVID -19) cases, since the country entered the community transmission phase of the pandemic in September. “The increase can be very sharp, which we saw around August 7/8, but what seems to be happening is that the slope...

Police tracking of persons who were released from detention when the States of Public Emergency (SOE) were lifted on August 17, has found that many of them have been involved in major crimes. Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, made the disclosure at a virtual press conference on Thursday (October 15). He said that between 220 and 240 persons...

Member of the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA), Mr. Dalton Yap (left) is pictured here with staff members from the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester (2nd left to right), Nurse Sharon Riley-Brown, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Mrs. Arlene Watson Chantiloupe, Nurse Rhodell Knott and CEO Mr. Alwyn Miller, following a recent donation of hot meals to frontline workers at the...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, is reporting a reduction in major crimes of between 10 and 20 per cent over last year, with murders down 1.9 per cent and shootings 1.7 per cent lower than the corresponding period in 2019. He noted that there has been an eight per cent increase in clear-up rate for homicides, which is...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) continues to focus on dismantling criminal gangs. He noted that the ongoing operations are intended to “degrade gangs sufficiently to the point where they don’t just splinter into other gangs but we take out enough of them that they are rendered ineffective”. “That process continues. We...

The Black River Hospital (BRH) in St. Elizabeth received a donation of medical equipment, valued at $2.9 million, from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI, Mona), Medical Class of 2019. The donation which includes a defibrillator, 2 transport stretchers, a plaster saw, a diagnostic set, 3 forceps and a digital paediatric scale, was handed...