The Comprehensive Health Centre on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston has become the 14th facility to benefit under the Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic initiative. Corporate entity, Rainforest Seafoods, officially adopted the clinic during a ceremony on the grounds of the facility on Thursday (July 4). The company has committed $6 million towards supporting the clinic over the next three years under the...

A new Drug Serv Pharmacy is to be constructed at the Bustamante Hospital for Children at a cost of over $50 million. The National Health Fund (NHF) is providing funding for the project, which will be undertaken over an eight-month period. The 3,000 square foot facility, designed to meet the Pharmacy Council Standards, will have eight dispensing windows for timely...

The Government is working to promulgate the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy during this financial year. Science, Energy and Technology, Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure while addressing the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) National Science and Technology (S&T) Fair held on July 4, at the entity’s Hope Gardens complex, St. Andrew. She said that the policy is a...

The Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Princess Margaret Hospital in St. Thomas was officially reopened on Thursday (July 4), following an extensive rehabilitation and expansion exercise. The National Health Fund (NHF) provided $217. 5 million to offset the cost of the project, which also included acquisition and installation of an elevator, addition of new beds, acquisition of surgical...

Work is to begin on the digitisation of all birth records at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) as part of the continued upgrading of the Government’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. Parliamentary Secretary, Senator Robert Morgan, made the disclosure while addressing a Lions Club of Kingston meeting at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Wednesday (July 3). He said that...

Global customer care and technology company, 24-7 Intouch, has collaborated with the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) to implement a corporate wellness programme for members of staff. The launch took place on Wednesday (July 3), at the entity’s Freeport location in Montego Bay. The initiative is designed to educate and empower employees to make smarter wellness choices that can ultimately...

The Ministry of Health is advising Jamaicans to take precautions against heat stress as the country continues to experience high temperatures. Heat stress occurs when the body becomes dehydrated and is unable to cool itself enough to maintain a healthy temperature. If left untreated, this can lead to heatstroke, which is a life-threatening medical emergency. Symptoms include tiredness and lethargy,...