Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton says persons should take action to minimise the impact of hypertension (high blood pressure), on their health. In his message for World Hypertension Day 2021, the Minister emphasised that individuals should be screened regularly for the disease. “We are determined to work with you so that together we can change...

Jamaica, on Monday (May 17), will join the rest of the word in observing World Hypertension Day, under the theme ‘Know Your Numbers-It Figures! Control It and Live Longer’. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Medical Epidemiologist with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Julia Rowe Porter said information will be disseminated throughout the day, on the ways...

Head of Neonatal Unit, Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Dr. Yanique Brown (left), makes a point to Vice President, Employee Benefits Administration, Guardian Life Limited, Oneil Clarke (2nd right), at the handover of medical equipment valued at over $2.5 million to the VJH on May 12. The donation will boost neonatal services offered at the institution. The equipment was donated by...

Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr. Marcia Graham, is encouraging persons who have been vaccinated to continue practising the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols as stipulated by the Government. “We are encouraging persons to maintain their COVID-19 compliance just as everyone else, in terms of your mask wearing, consistently and correctly covering the nose and the mouth, practising hand hygiene, cough...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says eight per cent of the targeted population has been inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Speaking at a virtual COVID Conversations press briefing on May 13, the Minister said that of the 1.924 million persons in the targeted population, only 146,147 Jamaicans have received their first dose of the vaccine....

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says local capacity to test for variant strains of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is to be established. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we were in discussions with them around getting the gene sequence to identify variant strains in the population. I am told that has been approved, so we...

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has procured 50 sets of Pinel Restraints valued at J $8 million, to restrain mentally ill patients in a more compassionate manner for their safety and those around them. The restraints were acquired and allocated in March to the Authority’s five major hospitals (Mandeville Regional, May Pen, Black River, Percy Junor and Lionel Town...