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Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, point to Mrs. Binns Lawrence’s name on the Blood Donors Honour List. Occasion was the World Blood Donor Day Donor Awards held at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston on Monday (June 14).
Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton (left) and Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence, point to Mrs. Binns Lawrence’s name on the Blood Donors Honour List. Occasion was the World Blood Donor Day Donor Awards held at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Kingston on Monday (June 14).

Young People Urged To Give Blood

Director of the National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton, is calling on young people to voluntarily give blood and to also encourage their peers to donate. “It has been well recognised that the best way of sustaining a blood donation...
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COVID-19 Update for Monday, June 14, 2021
Mobile Blood Pressure Machines at a handover ceremony, on Monday (June 14), at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in New Kingston. They have been donated by the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North. The equipment will be distributed to 15 hospitals, including 13 in the rural areas.
Mobile Blood Pressure Machines at a handover ceremony, on Monday (June 14), at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in New Kingston. They have been donated by the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North. The equipment will be distributed to 15 hospitals, including 13 in the rural areas.

Hospitals To Receive Mobile Blood Pressure Machines
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), displays the Vaccination CommCare Software on a tablet, at the official launch of the system on Monday (June 14), during a virtual ceremony. He is joined by Country Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Mariko Kagoshima (centre), and Chairman of the Private Sector Vaccination Initiative (PSVI), Peter Melhado.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), displays the Vaccination CommCare Software on a tablet, at the official launch of the system on Monday (June 14), during a virtual ceremony. He is joined by Country Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Mariko Kagoshima (centre), and Chairman of the Private Sector Vaccination Initiative (PSVI), Peter Melhado.

COVID-19 Vaccination Software Launched
Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence (left), knocks elbows with State Minister for Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right) at the National Blood Transfusion Service on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston, on Monday (June 14). At centre is Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton.
Jamaica’s Top Blood Donor, Sonya Binns Lawrence (left), knocks elbows with State Minister for Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (right) at the National Blood Transfusion Service on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston, on Monday (June 14). At centre is Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Michelle Hamilton.

National Blood Transfusion Service Honours Donors

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