The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated information and communication technology (ICT) equipment, valued approximately $2.8 million, to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The devices, which were presented on Friday (October 16), include six tablet computers, four multifunctional printers, and a WiFi router. These will serve to modernize the WRHA’s patient management system, thereby improving client service delivery. Speaking...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES Confirmed Cases 63 8,195 SEX CLASSIFICATION Males 24 3683 Females 37 4494 Under Investigation 2 18 AGE RANGE 3 months to 85 years 1 day to 104 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES Clarendon 5 439 Hanover 5 108 KSA 24 2,963 Manchester 2 352 Portland 0 293 St. Ann 4 347 St. Catherine 2...

The first batch of the antiviral drug Remdesivir is expected to arrive in the island next week, says Director of Health Services and Planning in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nadine Williams. The move follows Jamaica’s approval of the drug for the treatment of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in the public health system.  It will only be administered to patients...

The radiology department of the Falmouth Public General Hospital (FPGH) now has a US$100,000 digital X-ray system, which will enhance the quality and efficiency of diagnostic services at the facility. We Care – FPGH Limited, a charity for the hospital, partnered with the Issa Trust Foundation to purchase the picture archiving and communication system (PACS), with computed radiography (CR) and...

National Epidemiologist, Dr. Karen Webster-Kerr, says health officials are seeing “some amount of slowing down” in the daily recorded number of coronavirus (COVID -19) cases, since the country entered the community transmission phase of the pandemic in September. “The increase can be very sharp, which we saw around August 7/8, but what seems to be happening is that the slope...

Member of the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA), Mr. Dalton Yap (left) is pictured here with staff members from the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester (2nd left to right), Nurse Sharon Riley-Brown, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Mrs. Arlene Watson Chantiloupe, Nurse Rhodell Knott and CEO Mr. Alwyn Miller, following a recent donation of hot meals to frontline workers at the...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL   Confirmed Cases 65 8,132   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Males 29 3,654   Females 35 4,452   Under Investigation 1 26   AGE RANGE  2 years to 80 years 1 day to 104 years     PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 2 434   Hanover 1 103   KSA...