Consultant plastic surgeon at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr. Rajiv Vengopaul and a team from the Department of Surgery have come up with an affordable solution to tackle surgical smoke in operating theatres. The solution is expected to be a helpful tool in ensuring the health and wellness of theatre personnel, as the team, having established...

Vector Control Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Ryan Morris, says more than 6,000 premises were inspected for Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites in the first week of July. Mr. Morris told JIS News that this was carried out by the new cohort of Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme workers. He outlined that the programme, which started on...

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...

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...

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...

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...