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Principal Director for Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Marina Young, displays a chart on pesticide use, during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on July 19.

Farmers Adhering to Int’l Pesticide Standards

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is assuring consumers that local foods are safe for consumption and are produced in keeping with international pesticide standards. Principal Director for Technical Services at RADA, Marina Young, saidthe training programmes and surveys conducted...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 16.

CHASE Fund Commits to Oncology Nurses Training Programme

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses stakeholders during the official ceremony for the adoption of the George’s Plain Health Centre in Westmoreland, on Thursday (July 18). The health centre was ‘adopted’ by the Tyre Warehouse .

Transparency is Embedded in Adopt-A-Clinic Programme – Health Minister

Surgical smoke plume produced by an electrocautery device being used by a surgeon

Team at UHWI Finds Affordable Solution for Surgical Smoke

Former Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme vector control worker, Sharon Butler, drops a substance into a container of water to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito, at a home in Westmoreland, recently. Ms. Butler was among the first cohort of HOPE programme vector control workers in Westmoreland

6,000 Premises Inspected in Westmoreland for Mosquito Breeding Sites

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), disembarks the newly installed elevator at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston, following a ceremony on Friday (July 12) to officially commission it into service. The Minister is accompanied by (from left), Director of Nursing Services, VJH, Elsie Fairweather-Blackwood; and Board Chairman, South East Regional Health Authority, Wentworth Charles. The installation of the elevator was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of over $16 million.

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New Elevator to Improve Care at Victoria Jubilee Hospital

Staff, patients and visitors of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in downtown Kingston, will now have quicker and easier movement between floors following the commissioning into service of a new elevator. The installation was undertaken by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of over $16 million, and is the latest in a series of recent upgrades to hospital...

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.

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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 the parish have taken steps to develop a health and wellness programme for staff, and the Authority is making an...

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

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Legislative Framework for NPs to Practise Far Advanced

Acting Deputy Chief Nursing Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Saidie Williams-Allen, says the legislative framework for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to practise in Jamaica is far advanced. Speaking at the Nurse Practitioners 66th National Seminar at the Royalton White Sands in Trelawny on July 10, she said the Ministry recognises the value and contribution that NPs have been...

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).

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Rainforest Seafoods Adopts Comprehensive Healthcare Centre

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...

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.

7 years ago Health & Wellness

New Drug Serv Pharmacy for Bustamante Hospital

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...

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

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STI Policy to be Promulgated This Financial Year

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...

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...