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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. addresses a meeting with representatives from the National Security, Justice, and Health Ministries; the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and other stakeholders, to look at the issue of mental illness among inmates. The meeting was held at the Ministry on Oxford Road on March 27.
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. addresses a meeting with representatives from the National Security, Justice, and Health Ministries; the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and other stakeholders, to look at the issue of mental illness among inmates. The meeting was held at the Ministry on Oxford Road on March 27.

Gov’t Putting Measures in Place to Address Mental Illness among Inmates

State Minister for National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the Government will be putting measures in place to deal with mentally ill persons in lockups. “There are plans to allocate budgetary and manpower resources to meet the...
Immediate Past President of the Jamaica Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Limited (JAIFA), Joel Dixon (2nd left), and Percy Junor Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Carlton Nichols (2nd left), symbolically commission a new compact blood bank refrigerator into service, during a presentation ceremony at the facility located in Spalding, Manchester, on Tuesday, March 28. Looking on (from left) are the hospital’s Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Carlos Wilson, and JAIFA President, Hugh Meredith.
Immediate Past President of the Jamaica Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Limited (JAIFA), Joel Dixon (2nd left), and Percy Junor Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Carlton Nichols (2nd left), symbolically commission a new compact blood bank refrigerator into service, during a presentation ceremony at the facility located in Spalding, Manchester, on Tuesday, March 28. Looking on (from left) are the hospital’s Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Carlos Wilson, and JAIFA President, Hugh Meredith.

Percy Junor Hospital Gets Refrigerator to Boost Blood Storage
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)

Gov’t Moves Ahead with Plans to Build New A&E Unit at Percy Junor Hospital
In this file photo, Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), leads a mini march outside Gordon House, downtown Kingston, in June 2016, to promote the Government’s ‘Jamaica Moves’ (#JaMoves) national campaign.
In this file photo, Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), leads a mini march outside Gordon House, downtown Kingston, in June 2016, to promote the Government’s ‘Jamaica Moves’ (#JaMoves) national campaign.

‘Jamaica Moves’ to Launch on April 7
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right); President, Guardian Life Limited, Eric Hosin (left); President, Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Limited, Karen Bhoorasingh (second left); President of the People’s National Party, Dr. Peter Phillips (centre) and Senior Lecturer and Head Anaesthetist, Intensive Care, University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Hyacinth Harding Goldson hold a symbolic cheque valued $15.5 million that will be used to benefit four hospitals across the island. Occasion was the official launch of the Guardian Group Foundation Keep it Alive 5K runs at the Guardian Life offices at 12 Trafalgar Road in Kingston, today (March 28). Others sharing in the moment (background left) are Chief Executive Officer, St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, Leo Garel; Senior Administrator, Cornwall Regional Hospital, Keriesha Bell Cummings; and Operations Manager at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Marcia Francis. The race dates for this year are Saturday, May 27 in Kingston and Saturday, June 3 in Montego Bay.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right); President, Guardian Life Limited, Eric Hosin (left); President, Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Limited, Karen Bhoorasingh (second left); President of the People’s National Party, Dr. Peter Phillips (centre) and Senior Lecturer and Head Anaesthetist, Intensive Care, University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Hyacinth Harding Goldson hold a symbolic cheque valued $15.5 million that will be used to benefit four hospitals across the island. Occasion was the official launch of the Guardian Group Foundation Keep it Alive 5K runs at the Guardian Life offices at 12 Trafalgar Road in Kingston, today (March 28). Others sharing in the moment (background left) are Chief Executive Officer, St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, Leo Garel; Senior Administrator, Cornwall Regional Hospital, Keriesha Bell Cummings; and Operations Manager at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Marcia Francis. The race dates for this year are Saturday, May 27 in Kingston and Saturday, June 3 in Montego Bay.

Health Ministry Promotes Lifestyles that Focus on Preventative Care

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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton (right), is assisted in unveiling the Blood Donors Honour List by Jamaica’s Champion Blood Donor, Sonya Binns-Lawrence (2nd left), at the opening ceremony of World Blood Donor Day 2016. The event was held at Emancipation Park on June 14, 2016. The Honour List recognises blood donors who have given more than 50 units of blood. Also participating in the event are (from left) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Noreen Jack; Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service, Dr. Veronica Taylor; and Director, National Laboratory Services, Dr. Angela Scott.
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Champion Blood Donor Believes in Giving Back

Sonya Binns-Lawrence believes in giving back to her country, and she has found a way to make a significant contribution. She is Jamaica’s champion blood donor, going in to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) four times per year (the maximum allowable). Mrs. Binns-Lawrence tells JIS News that her first experience with donating blood was in 1983 when she was...
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Medical Officer of Health for the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Services, Dr. Catherine Robinson (at head table), engages participants in a sensitisation session about Tuberculosis on World Tuberculosis Day (March 24), at the Edna Manley Health Centre on Grants Pen Road in St. Andrew
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Community Members Attend Training Session on TB

The Kingston and St. Andrew (KSA) Health Services observed World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 with a training session for community members. Just under 30 persons, comprising Community Health Aides and community leaders from vulnerable communities (areas with cases of TB), attended the session. which was held at the Edna Manley Clinic on Grants Pen Road in St. Andrew....
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Student of the University of Technology (UTech) Dental programme, Chinel Lee, applying sealant to the teeth of grade-six Clan Carthy Primary School student, Joevielia Brown, at the launch of the Ministry of Health’s National Sealant Programme, held on March 21 at the School in Kingston. The programme aims to provide access to preventative oral and dental care for primary- and basic-school children.
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Health Ministry Launches Sealant Programme for Children

The Ministry of Health launched its National Sealant Programme on March 21, at the Clan Carthy Primary School in Kingston. The programme aims to provide access to preventative oral and dental care for primary- and basic-school children in need of these services. A clinical session facilitated by teams from the Ministry of Health and the University of Technology (UTech) was...
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Senior Medical Officer at the Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Natalie Whylie, updates JIS News about the hospital’s thrust towards doing more minimally invasive surgeries
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KPH Aiming for More Minimally Invasive Surgeries

The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is moving towards reducing overcrowding and having less inpatient days by improving access to minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the facility, Dr. Natalie Whylie, explains that the country will benefit more when persons are able to recuperate faster as a result of MIS. “Surgical centres are moving away from inpatient services...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton. (FILE)
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Relocation of Services from Cornwall Regional to West Jamaica Conference Centre Advanced

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the relocation of outpatient services from the Cornwall Regional Hospital is being done as seamlessly as possible and without a lot of inconvenience to patients. Eleven critical medical services have already been relocated to the newly retrofitted facility at the Seventh Day Adventist’s Western Jamaica Conference Centre in Mount Salem, which...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, cuddles heart patient, little Sashanique ahead of her surgery, which is being done as part of a Chain of Hope-sponsored medical mission to the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Looking on (from left) are Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr Sharrone Forrester; Vice President of Quality, Edwards Lie Science, Mark Gayle; CEO, Chain of Hope, Emma Scanlan, and Director, Gift of Life Florida. Heidi Hess.
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Cardiac Centre at Children’s Hospital by Mid-2017

The cardiac centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is scheduled for completion by the middle of 2017. This was disclosed by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, following a meeting with a Chain of Hope-funded medical mission team from the Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, which is in the island to perform cardiac surgeries.    “Despite several...
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