Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the main building of the Cornwall Regional Hospital should be fully evacuated by this weekend into Monday (April 9). Patients and staff will be relocated to the Falmouth Regional Hospital in the neighbouring parish of Trelawny. Dr. Tufton explained that the evacuation will enable the completion of repairs in a more...

In observance of World Cancer Awareness Day on Friday, April 6, the Jamaica Cancer Society will be coordinating a number of activities, with the key focus being on screenings. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulit Gordon, outlined that the focus this year is on women, due to the fact that cervical cancer has become...

Nurses in the public health system have pledged to tackle the issue of abuse against women and children through the global campaign, Nursing Now. The three-year campaign is being undertaken in collaboration with the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the World Health Organization (WHO), to raise the status of nurses globally, and to maximise the contribution that nursing makes...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says some of the recommendations made in a report by the Mental Health and Homelessness Task Force will be implemented this fiscal year. The report, received by the Minister in 2016, examines the current status of mental illness in the society, existing methods and techniques of treatment, and proposes new approaches to tackling...

The recently launched Ministry of Health Compassionate Care Programme will seek to utilise the services of volunteers to improve the everyday care of patients in the public health system. The Compassionate Care Programme is geared towards enhancing psychological wellness of patients within the public health system as a means of promoting speedy recovery. "An important component of the programme is...

Patients at the Spanish Town Hospital and Infirmary, in St. Catherine, are benefitting from three state-of-the-art stretchers, courtesy of Jamaicans in the United States (US). Two of the stretchers have been given to the hospital, while the infirmary has received the other. They were handed  over  recently in  Spanish Town. Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott, said he reached...

About $300 million has been spent on upgrading work at the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, in St. Ann, over the last several years, enabling the facility to be on track of becoming one of the finest health care facilities in the region. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, not only sees the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital...