Ground was broken and the contract signed on Wednesday (November 6) for construction of the Dr. Kenneth Baugh Health Centre in the rural community of Point Hill in West Central St. Catherine. Approximately $28 million is being provided by the National Health Fund (NHF) for the project. The 1,453-square-foot single-storey building will include a registry for record-keeping, an immunisation area,...

Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the Government is looking to provide alternatives to incarceration for non-violent persons primarily with substance use and/or psychiatric disorders. He said the Ministry has made recommendations for the development of a range of interventions in this regard. He noted that an audit of the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre last...

Cabinet has approved contracts totalling $1.7 billion for the provision of security and related services at health facilities under the jurisdiction of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), for a period of three years. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, during today’s (November 6) post-Cabinet press briefing at...

Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Errol Greene, says the Ministry of Health and Wellness is providing the necessary resources to strengthen vector control in the western parishes. He said that the fleet of vehicles is being increased with eight pickup trucks ordered to add to the eight already serving the parishes. “We are getting yet another...

Twenty-four Community Health Aides (CHAs) attached to the Hanover Health Department have been recognised for excellence in service delivery. At a function held on the grounds of the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea on November 1, the CHAs were presented with certificates of appreciation, with Carolyn Cunningham Thompson, Cely Stewart and Jacqueline Rubie hailed as top achievers in the performance...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is to host a forum in November, to discuss the increase in mental health cases in Western Jamaica. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who made the announcement following a visit to the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI) Rehabilitation Centre, in Montego Bay, on October 24, said there is...

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents the Proclamation declaring November as ‘Drug Awareness Month’ to Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, following the document’s reading at King’s House on Friday (November 1).