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Vaccination Blitz Sites May 28-29 , 2022

The Ministry of Health & Wellness invites members of the public to attend a vaccination site on Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29, 2022 to receive their first, second or booster dose of the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinopharm or Johnson & Johnson...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (centre) with the leaders of the surgical team that performed 18 surgeries at the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Labour Day, May 23. They are from left, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Warren Blake, Consultant Anaesthetist Dr. Cleopatra Patterson, Operating Theatre Nurse Manager Sherice Burrell-Anderson and Consultant Anaesthetist Dr. Brian James.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (centre) with the leaders of the surgical team that performed 18 surgeries at the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Labour Day, May 23. They are from left, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Warren Blake, Consultant Anaesthetist Dr. Cleopatra Patterson, Operating Theatre Nurse Manager Sherice Burrell-Anderson and Consultant Anaesthetist Dr. Brian James.

Team At BHC Lauded For Labour Day Surgeries Initiative
Liaison and Communications Director for the National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Committee, Dr. Michelle Campbell.
Liaison and Communications Director for the National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Committee, Dr. Michelle Campbell.

Emphasis On Mental Health Of Children
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (centre) symbolically hands over a coronavirus (COVID-19) self-test kit to Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (right). At left is Director, Health Promotion, Public Relations and Customer Care, National Health Fund (NHF), Shermaine Robotham. The NHF donated 5,000 kits and 100,000 masks to the Ministry of Education and Youth for distribution to schools, during a ceremony at the Education Ministry in Kingston on Wednesday (May 25).
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (centre) symbolically hands over a coronavirus (COVID-19) self-test kit to Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams (right). At left is Director, Health Promotion, Public Relations and Customer Care, National Health Fund (NHF), Shermaine Robotham. The NHF donated 5,000 kits and 100,000 masks to the Ministry of Education and Youth for distribution to schools, during a ceremony at the Education Ministry in Kingston on Wednesday (May 25).

NHF Provides 100,000 Masks, 5,000 COVID-19 Self-Test Kits To Schools
Acting Senior Medical Officer, Princess Margaret Hospital in St. THomas, Dr. Dwight Whittle (stooping) and Director of Nursing Services, Nadine Anderson-Lawrence, participate in a Labour Day clean-up at the hospital on Monday (May 23).
Acting Senior Medical Officer, Princess Margaret Hospital in St. THomas, Dr. Dwight Whittle (stooping) and Director of Nursing Services, Nadine Anderson-Lawrence, participate in a Labour Day clean-up at the hospital on Monday (May 23).

Princess Margaret Hospital Cleaned And Beautified On Labour Day

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