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Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham (right), cuts the ribbon on the Savanna-la- Mar Health Centre Diabetes Support Group commemorative plaque to officially declare the group launched. Sharing in the moment is Regional Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Marcia Johnson Campbell. Occasion was the official launch of the support group on Wednesday (June 1).
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham (right), cuts the ribbon on the Savanna-la- Mar Health Centre Diabetes Support Group commemorative plaque to officially declare the group launched. Sharing in the moment is Regional Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Marcia Johnson Campbell. Occasion was the official launch of the support group on Wednesday (June 1).

Diabetes Support Group Officially Launched In Savanna-La-Mar

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) officially launched the Savanna-la-Mar Health Centre Diabetes Support Group in Westmoreland, on Wednesday (June 1). The group, which held its first meeting in April, was created to offer support and impart much needed information...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Health Minister Welcomes HFJ’S New FOPLs Campaign
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, commends Tafari (l) and Ngozi Wright on their performance at the World No Tobacco Day Youth Forum held on Tuesday (May 31) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston under the theme ‘Tobacco Exposed : ‘No Butts About It’.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, commends Tafari (l) and Ngozi Wright on their performance at the World No Tobacco Day Youth Forum held on Tuesday (May 31) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston under the theme ‘Tobacco Exposed : ‘No Butts About It’.

Youngsters Urged To Learn From Experience Of Others In Resisting Tobacco Use
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second right, front row), with team members from Cals Enterprise Ltd., as they participated in Labour Day activities at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital on May 23.
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second right, front row), with team members from Cals Enterprise Ltd., as they participated in Labour Day activities at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital on May 23.

Private Entities Encouraged To Adopt Areas Within Public Health Facilities
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Monday, May 30, 2022

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COVID-19 VaccinationHealth & Wellness

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 vaccine for persons 18 years and older. Jamaicans 12 years and older will also be offered the first or second...
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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.
Health & WellnessYouth

Team At BHC Lauded For Labour Day Surgeries Initiative

Eighteen patients at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) on Labour Day benefitted from well-needed surgeries which had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The surgeries were performed as part of an effort by the hospital to reduce the waiting list for operations. In an interview with JIS News, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness...
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Liaison and Communications Director for the National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Committee, Dr. Michelle Campbell.
Health & WellnessYouth

Emphasis On Mental Health Of Children

The National Child and Adolescent Mental Health (NCAMH) Awareness Day will be observed this Thursday (May 26), under the theme ‘Let’s Check in with our Children: Their Mental Health Matters’. Liaison and Communications Director for the NCAMH Committee, Dr. Michelle Campbell, said the theme was designed against the background that there is a need to assess the effects of COVID-19...
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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).
Health & WellnessLabour Day 2022

Princess Margaret Hospital Cleaned And Beautified On Labour Day

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....
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