The National Health Fund (NHF) has handed over 100,000 face masks and 5,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) self-test kits to the Ministry of Education and Youth for distribution to schools. The provision of the items is aimed at containing the spread of the virus in educational institutions as the country experiences a fifth wave of the pandemic. A similar donation of 400,000...

Residents of St. Thomas joined staff of the Princess Margaret Hospital to clean and beautify the grounds of the 67-year-old facility on Monday (May 23). The Labour Day activity was undertaken through $1.5 million from the National Health Fund (NHF) under its Community Workday programme and included painting, landscaping, welding works and the removal of debris from the hospital compound....

The Government will be reintroducing mandatory mask wearing in public spaces as Jamaica experiences a fifth wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure while addressing the handover of two housing units under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) in St. James, on Friday, May 20. “It is going to be a requirement shortly...

Twenty children, aged four to 12, will benefit from free surgical procedures at the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Labour Day. The day, which is celebrated each year on May 23, encourages national volunteerism and collective acts of service that reflect the industrious and caring nature of the Jamaican people. This year’s Labour Day theme is “Re-igniting a Nation for...

Urology patients at the Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) in Manchester are to benefit from the use of a resectoscope, used in prostate and bladder surgeries, and valued at J $1.1 million. The equipment and its accessories will be used for most of the endoscopic surgeries performed in the urology department. Urology is the branch of medicine that focuses on the...

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