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Regional Director with the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) Michael Bent (right), looks on while Chief Executive Officer of Cenitech Engineering Company, George Knight (centre), points out features of the upgrading work at the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon. Occasion was a contract signing for the facility on Tuesday (December 21, at the SRHA’s head office in Mandeville, Manchester. Looking on at left is Manager for Clarendon Health Services, Joseph Grant. Photo: Donald De La Haye
Regional Director with the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) Michael Bent (right), looks on while Chief Executive Officer of Cenitech Engineering Company, George Knight (centre), points out features of the upgrading work at the Chapelton Community Hospital in Clarendon. Occasion was a contract signing for the facility on Tuesday (December 21, at the SRHA’s head office in Mandeville, Manchester. Looking on at left is Manager for Clarendon Health Services, Joseph Grant. Photo: Donald De La Haye

Multi-Million Dollar Upgrading For Chapelton Hospital

Major work is set to commence in early January, on the Clarendon-based Chapelton Community Hospital, following a $112 million contract signing for phase two of the upgrading and expansion project. The contract was signed yesterday Tuesday (December 21), by the...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (second left) examines a point of sale machine from WiPay (Jamaica) Limited. Looking on (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts Risden; Chief Executive Officer (CEO), WiPay Jamaica Limited, Aldwyn Wayne; Charge D’affaires, Canadian High Commission, Audrey Loney; and United Nations World Food Programme Jamaica Office Lead, Segen Tewelde. The occasion was the launch of the COVID – 19 Cash Assistance programme at the Ministry on Tuesday (December 22).
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (second left) examines a point of sale machine from WiPay (Jamaica) Limited. Looking on (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts Risden; Chief Executive Officer (CEO), WiPay Jamaica Limited, Aldwyn Wayne; Charge D’affaires, Canadian High Commission, Audrey Loney; and United Nations World Food Programme Jamaica Office Lead, Segen Tewelde. The occasion was the launch of the COVID – 19 Cash Assistance programme at the Ministry on Tuesday (December 22).

27,357 Jamaicans To Receive Cash Grants Under COVID-19 Assistance Programme
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking during a virtual COVID-19 Conversation press conference held on December 22.
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking during a virtual COVID-19 Conversation press conference held on December 22.

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a ceremony for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) presentation of a cheque for $20 million to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for the procurement of equipment to establish a dedicated 24-hour television educational channel. The presentation took place at PBCJ in Kingston on December 17.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing a ceremony for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) presentation of a cheque for $20 million to the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) for the procurement of equipment to establish a dedicated 24-hour television educational channel. The presentation took place at PBCJ in Kingston on December 17.

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), hands over a cheque valued at $144 million to Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Kevin Allen (2nd right) for the construction of a new building under the hospital’s redevelopment project. The presentation took place at the facility in St. Andrew on Friday (December 17). Sharing in the occasion (from left) are: Medical Chief of Staff at UHWI, Dr. Carl Bruce, and Senior Director at the hospital, Fitzgerald Mitchell.
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PHOTOS: Government Donates $144 Million to UHWI Redevelopment Project

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), hands over a cheque valued at $144 million to Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Kevin Allen (2nd right) for the construction of a new building under the hospital’s redevelopment project. The presentation took place at the facility in St. Andrew on...
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High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Runsung Masakui (left) is in discussion with Dr. Narasimha Yekreddu at a medical camp hosted by the High Commission earlier this year at the Constant Spring Library, 5 Cassava Piece Road, Kingston 8. Seated at right is a patient who visited the camp.
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Free Medical Camps in Kingston on Sunday

Corporate Area residents will benefit from three free medical camps scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 19. They will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Chandolu Global Healthcare; 11 Eastwood Park Road; the Good Samaritan Inn, 2 to 4 Geffrard Place; and the Constant Spring Library, 5 Cassava Piece Road. The health camps are being organised...
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Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a virtual press conference on Wednesday (December 15).
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Over 1.1M Doses Of Vaccines Now Available

Ministry of Health and Wellness Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton says that with over 1.1 million doses of combined vaccines available in Jamaica, there are no “excuses” for persons not to get vaccinated. The Minister who was speaking at a virtual press conference on Wednesday (December 15), said that having the population fully vaccinated was even more important now that...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, examine three of the 19 oxygen concentrators that have been donated to the public health system, during a handover ceremony at the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Thursday (December 16). The machines, three of which have been given to the hospital, were provided through the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation.
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Gov’t Continues Increase Allocations To Combat COVID-19 – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government continues to increase resource allocations to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Jamaica. He indicated that the number of hospital beds available for treating COVID-19 patients has risen to 750, noting that “we could very well go up to about 800 and level off at that point.” Additionally, Mr. Holness...
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