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Regional Health Promotion and Education Officer at the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Marcelene Wheatle, addresses staff at 24-7 Intouch, at Freeport, Montego Bay, St. James, during the launch of the company’s corporate wellness programme, on Wednesday, July 3.

WRHA Wants More Companies to Establish Health and Wellness Programmes

The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is encouraging more corporate entities in St. James to establish health and wellness programmes for employees. Regional Health Promotion and Education Officer at the WRHA, Marcelene Wheatle, says more than 20 corporate entities in...

Nurse Practitioners participate in the Nurse Practitioners 66th National Seminar, at the Royalton White Sands in Trelawny, on Wednesday, July 10.

Legislative Framework for NPs to Practise Far Advanced

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left) affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see corporate entity, Rainforest Seafoods, supporting the Comprehensive Health Centre on Slipe Pen Road for three years, under the Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic initiative. Looking on (from left) are: Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority, Wentworth Charles; Director of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Rainforest Seafoods, Roger Lyn; and General Manager, Jerome Miles. The signing took place during a ceremony to officially adopt the clinic on the grounds of the facility on Thursday (July 4).

Rainforest Seafoods Adopts Comprehensive Healthcare Centre

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), breaks ground for construction of a new Drug Serv Pharmacy at the Bustamante Hospital for Children at Arthur Wint Drive, St. Andrew on Friday (July 5). Others (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson; Chief Executive Officer, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Camile Wallen Panton; and Councillor, Vineyard Town Division, Andrew Swaby.

New Drug Serv Pharmacy for Bustamante Hospital

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) National Science and Technology Fair held on July 4, at the entity's Hope Gardens complex, St. Andrew.

STI Policy to be Promulgated This Financial Year

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), looks at a piece of equipment in the renovated Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Princess Margaret Hospital, at the official reopening on Thursday (July 4). Acting Parish Manager, St. Thomas Health Services, Pauline Bryan-Ellington, observes.

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Renovated A&E Department at Princess Margaret Hospital Reopens

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...

Parliamentary Secretary, Senator Robert Morgan (right), is presented with a certificate of recognition by Lions Club of Kingston member, Mona Whyte (second left), while the club

7 years ago Health & Wellness

Work to Begin on Digitisation of Birth Records at RGD

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...

Fitness instructor, Raymond White (second right), engages employees of 24-7 Intouch and representatives of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) in a workout session. Occasion was the launch of the company’s corporate wellness programme on Wednesday (July 3), at its Freeport location, Montego Bay.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

24-7 Intouch Launches Wellness Programme

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...

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Jamaicans Urged to Guard Against Heat Stress

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,...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Rohan Richards.

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Early Warning Drug Detection Network Being Established

The Ministry of National Security is collaborating with the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), and other local stakeholders to establish an Early Warning System (EWS) on Drugs. The EWS is a multidisciplinary network incorporating several organisations and personnel directly or indirectly involved in work to curtail drug abuse and illicit trafficking. These include Ministry agencies and organisations such as...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses stakeholders at the opening of the new Radiology Department at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, Montego Bay, on June 28.

The state-of-the-art facility offers X-rays, computerised tomography (CT) scans, ultrasound services, among others.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in his address at the official opening ceremony on June 28, said that the new facility “is another in the building blocks of the overall restoration of the Cornwall Regional Hospital”.

“And, if you look at the other new building that was constructed to deal with accident and emergency challenges, I am prepared to say that we have now, in western Jamaica, one of the best, and the most modern trauma centres, not just in Jamaica but certainly the Caribbean,” he said.

Dr. Tufton noted that the two departments combined, “will ensure a smooth flow… in treating patients who come to these facilities and require emergency care”.

“It means that these trauma-related cases… will get the absolutely best quality service... based on the doctors who are here and the nurses who are here, and now based on the facility and the infrastructure that are here,” he added.

Meanwhile, Dr. Tufton noted that Cornwall Regional Hospital will once again be restored to its glory days “with the most modern of equipment and some of the most dedicated health workers one will ever see”.

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New Radiology Department Opens at Cornwall Regional Hospital

The Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay now has a new Radiology Department, which was built at a cost of approximately $50 million. The state-of-the-art facility offers X-rays, computerised tomography (CT) scans, ultrasound services, among others. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in his address at the official opening ceremony on June 28, said that the...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), converses with Director of Nursing Services at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, Jillian Mason Quarrie (centre), following the official launch of the Compassionate Care Programme at the institution on June 27. At right is the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Carlington McLennon.

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Enhancing Public Health Service Delivery Key to Customer Satisfaction – Dr. Tufton

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has underscored the importance of enhancing service delivery in public health institutions to ensure customer satisfaction. Noting the high expectations of persons using these facilities, he said “we must give them the best possible treatment at all times”. “This [2019/20] financial year, I would like to see, as Minister, a...