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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), pulls ribbon to officially open the new Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15). Sharing the moment (from left) are Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Maureen Golding; Executive Director, Cardiac Centre, Fabian Brown; Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund, Everton Anderson; and Reverend Elizabeth Riley.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), pulls ribbon to officially open the new Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15). Sharing the moment (from left) are Regional Director, South East Regional Health Authority, Maureen Golding; Executive Director, Cardiac Centre, Fabian Brown; Chief Executive Officer, National Health Fund, Everton Anderson; and Reverend Elizabeth Riley.

Health Minister Opens Paediatric Cardiac Centre at Children’s Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has officially opened a new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. The centre currently offers treatment and surgeries for children living with congenital heart defects. It...
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, points to an artist’s impression of what the new Cardiac Ward will look like at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15), during the opening of the Paediatric Cardiac Centre.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, points to an artist’s impression of what the new Cardiac Ward will look like at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, on Monday (April 15), during the opening of the Paediatric Cardiac Centre.

New Cardiac Ward to be Built at Children’s Hospital
Newly acquired equipment in the paediatric cardiac unit at the Bustamante Hospital for Children
Newly acquired equipment in the paediatric cardiac unit at the Bustamante Hospital for Children

Children Treated at New Paediatric Cardiac Unit at Bustamante Hospital
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is greeted by Professor of Computer Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Felix Akinladejo, at the inaugural Professorial Lecture on Thursday (April 11), at the University of Technology (UTech), St. Andrew. Professor Akinladejo is also the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Research and Entrepreneurship.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), is greeted by Professor of Computer Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Felix Akinladejo, at the inaugural Professorial Lecture on Thursday (April 11), at the University of Technology (UTech), St. Andrew. Professor Akinladejo is also the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Research and Entrepreneurship.

Health Minister Calls for More Applied Research
Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Angella Mattis, provides an update on the work of the Bright Journey Medical Mission, during a recent JIS Think Tank.
Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Angella Mattis, provides an update on the work of the Bright Journey Medical Mission, during a recent JIS Think Tank.

Bright Journey Medical Mission Completes 200 Cataract Surgeries

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Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, addreses the monthly meeting of the Corporation on Thursday’s (April 11).
Health & Wellness

St. James Municipal Corporation and Health Department Coordinate Dengue Mitigation Activities

The St. James Municipal Corporation and the St. James Public Health Department have agreed to coordinate activities aimed at mitigating the risk of transmission of dengue in the parish. The decision was announced at the Corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday (April 11), where Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the Council, Homer Davis, noted that joint collaboration between the...
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Health & Wellness

Parents Encouraged to Get Children Screened Early for Disabilities

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is imploring parents to get children screened early if they show any sign of a disability or developmental challenge, so that the appropriate interventions can be applied. The CPFSA’s Director for Financial Management and Accounting Services, Michelle McIntosh, said that there are entities that provide the necessary screening to determine the type...
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NHF to Ramp Up Service Delivery

National Health Fund (NHF) service delivery, targeting further reduction in healthcare costs, continues in earnest this financial year. This will be achieved through ongoing implementation of several engagements, including drug subsidy provision for specified chronic illnesses under the Individual Benefits Programme and Jamaica Drug for the Elderly Programme (JADEP), and project funding for the Ministry of Health through the Institutional...
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Senior Medical Officer at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Dr. Natalie Whylie, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
Health & Wellness

Chinese Medical Mission Team Training KPH Staff

The Bright Journey Medical Mission will be training staff of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) in new technology to ensure the sustainability of the work being undertaken by the team from China. The 50-member team, comprising ophthalmologists, nurses, and technical support staff, including biomedical engineers, arrived in Jamaica on March 27 to perform cataract surgeries on more than 500 Jamaicans...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), speaks at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens’ Annual Appreciation and Celebration of Funeral Directors event, held on Tuesday (April 9), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Seated at the head table (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, Meadowrest Memorial Gardens, Ingrid Chambers; General Secretary, Meadowrest Memorial Gardens, Robert Stephens; Chairman, United Church Mission Enterprise Funeral Services, Stefan Wright and Councillor, St. Catherine Municipal Corporation, Claude Hamilton.
Health & Wellness

New Regulations Coming for Funeral Homes

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has reiterated that new regulations will soon be enacted to officially establish rules under which funeral homes in Jamaica should operate. Dr. Tufton was delivering the main address at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens’ Annual Appreciation and Celebration of Funeral Directors event, on Tuesday (April 9), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New...
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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 Wesmoreland recently.
Health & Wellness

Reduction in Mosquito Breeding Sites in Westmoreland

Vector Control Officer at the Westmoreland Health Department, Ryan Morris, is reporting a major reduction in breeding sites for the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the parish. “We have seen a significant trending down, and we are heading back to normalcy,” he told JIS News. He said that following the declaration of an outbreak of dengue fever in January, the department’s...
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Students engaged in National Schools’ Move Day activities at the Green Island Primary School in Hanover on April 5.
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Green Island Primary Launches Jamaica Moves Club

Green Island Primary School in Hanover has launched its Jamaica Moves Club, aimed at promoting physical activity and proper nutrition among students. The launch took place on Friday (April 5) during the celebration of the inaugural ‘National School Moves Day’ at the institution. Health Promotions and Education Officer at the Hanover Health Department, Andrene Smith-Benjamin, who was at the school...
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