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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Public Hospitals Prepared for Hurricane Beryl

Following visits to three major hospitals in Kingston & St. Andrew and a briefing from the National Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC), the Minister of Health & Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher has said that the necessary arrangements have been...
Clinical Coordinator, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray.
Clinical Coordinator, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray.

Caring for Critically Ill Persons During Hurricane
Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen.
Executive Director, Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen.

HFJ Head ‘Heartened’ by Campaign Partnership Forged with FESCO Limited
National Sickle Cell Programme Coordinator at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Carol Lord, addresses a Jamaica Information Service  (JIS) Think Tank.
National Sickle Cell Programme Coordinator at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Carol Lord, addresses a Jamaica Information Service  (JIS) Think Tank.

Health Ministry Continues to Prioritise Care and Management of Sickle Cell Disease
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), gives an update on the construction of the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital (WCAH), during a press briefing at the Royalton Negril Hotel on Tuesday (June 25). He is joined at the head table by (from left) Regional Director, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), St. Andrade Sinclair; Senior Medical Officer, WCAH, Dr. Carleene Grant Davis; Director of Nursing, WCAH, Allison Chambers; and Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), gives an update on the construction of the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital (WCAH), during a press briefing at the Royalton Negril Hotel on Tuesday (June 25). He is joined at the head table by (from left) Regional Director, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), St. Andrade Sinclair; Senior Medical Officer, WCAH, Dr. Carleene Grant Davis; Director of Nursing, WCAH, Allison Chambers; and Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Dr. Delroy Fray.

Staff Being Recruited to Fill 1,208 Posts at Western Children and Adolescent Hospital

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Health & WellnessHurricane Beryl

Health Centres Closed Today

The Ministry of Health & Wellness wishes to advise the public that all health centres have been closed for today (Wednesday, July 3, 2024). • Staff of these facilities are to check with their parish Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) to find out whether they are to be deployed elsewhere. • Persons with chronic diseases and those requiring immunizations, antenatal care...
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Health & WellnessPress Release

Jamaicans Encouraged to Reduce Saharan Dust Exposure

In keeping with reports from the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, the Ministry of Health & Wellness is cautioning members of the public to guard against the effects of the Saharan dust that is expected to affect the island starting today through to Thursday. Satellite images on Tuesday showed that a very thin layer of dust had drifted from the Eastern...
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Co-Chair of the National Sickle Cell Technical Working Group, Professor Jennifer Knight-Madden, highlights the need for pregnant women living with sickle cell disease to seek early specialised care during a Jamaica Information Service JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 17.
Gender AffairsHealth & Wellness

Pregnant Women with Sickle Cell Urged to Seek Specialist Care

Pregnant women living with sickle cell disease are being implored to seek early specialised care at high-risk clinics. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on June 17, Co-Chair of the National Sickle Cell Technical Working Group, Professor Jennifer Knight-Madden, said women living with the disease should see specialists before they get pregnant or when they are considering...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.
Health & Wellness

Public Health System Has 118 Working Ventilators

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the public health system has 118 working ventilators. The Minister, who addressed a virtual press conference, on Thursday, June 20, said an audit was done to trace all ventilators in the system, and it shows that the Ministry owns 210 of the machines, 40 of them are going through...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan, addresses a session on ‘Transforming Jamaica’s Health System in Partnership with the Diaspora’ during the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay on Monday (June 17). He is flanked by Sector Lead for Health and Wellness in the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC), Dr. Gary Rhule (left), and member of the Jamaica Nurses Group in New York, United States (US), Claudette Powell.
Health & WellnessJamaican Diaspora

Ministry Invites More Diaspora Health Missions

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging overseas Jamaicans in the healthcare profession, particularly those in specialist areas, to partner with local agencies and organisations to conduct health missions as part of their service to their homeland. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan, made the call during Monday’s (June 17) session of the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference,...
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