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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)

Health Minister Receives Preliminary Report on Construction Work at Savanna-La-Mar Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says he has received the preliminary report on the circumstances which led to work being done on the paediatric ward at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, while being occupied by children. “I have gotten...
Director of Health Services Planning and Integration in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence (left), listens as Senior Medical Officer of the National HIV/STI Programme, Dr. Nicola Skyers (right), makes a point, at the official launch of the ‘Test and Start: Get on yu meds and get on wid life’, social-marketing campaign at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on August 10. Others (from second left) are Director of Health Promotion and Protection, Dr. Beverley Wright and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sara Buchanan
Director of Health Services Planning and Integration in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Simone Spence (left), listens as Senior Medical Officer of the National HIV/STI Programme, Dr. Nicola Skyers (right), makes a point, at the official launch of the ‘Test and Start: Get on yu meds and get on wid life’, social-marketing campaign at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on August 10. Others (from second left) are Director of Health Promotion and Protection, Dr. Beverley Wright and Acting Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sara Buchanan

Campaign Launched for Persons Living with HIV to Take Medication for Life
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) global charities, Dr. Jesse Hunsaker (left), explains the features of lens used in laser eye treatment to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals, Errol Greene (centre) and Human Resource Director for the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Pauline Roberts. Occasion was the symbolic handover of a state-of-the art laser machine for the treatment of glaucoma and cataract at the hospital in downtown Kingston on August 9. The piece of equipment, valued at US$70,000, was donated by the LDS global charities.
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) global charities, Dr. Jesse Hunsaker (left), explains the features of lens used in laser eye treatment to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals, Errol Greene (centre) and Human Resource Director for the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Pauline Roberts. Occasion was the symbolic handover of a state-of-the art laser machine for the treatment of glaucoma and cataract at the hospital in downtown Kingston on August 9. The piece of equipment, valued at US$70,000, was donated by the LDS global charities.

KPH Gets Laser Eye Treatment Machine
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), joins in an exercise session at the launch of the ‘National Baking Company Moves’ held on July 21 at the company’s Half-Way Tree Road address in Kingston. The company answered the call by the Minister for corporate involvement in the ‘Jamaica Moves’ campaign, which encourages Jamaicans to incorporate physical exercise into their daily routine. Also pictured are Director of Operations for National Baking Company, Stephen Sykes (2nd right); and Special Projects Manager, Tiffany Wong (3rd right).
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), joins in an exercise session at the launch of the ‘National Baking Company Moves’ held on July 21 at the company’s Half-Way Tree Road address in Kingston. The company answered the call by the Minister for corporate involvement in the ‘Jamaica Moves’ campaign, which encourages Jamaicans to incorporate physical exercise into their daily routine. Also pictured are Director of Operations for National Baking Company, Stephen Sykes (2nd right); and Special Projects Manager, Tiffany Wong (3rd right).

Dr. Tufton ‘Walks The Talk’ in Promoting Healthy Lifestyle
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton emphasises a point during a Pan American Health Organisation/Ministry of Health forum on Health Sector Reform and Service Delivery, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on July 28.
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton emphasises a point during a Pan American Health Organisation/Ministry of Health forum on Health Sector Reform and Service Delivery, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on July 28.

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Health Minister Orders Immediate Probe of Conditions at Savannah-La-Mar Hospital Children’s Ward

Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, views as deeply troubling a video and images circulating on Facebook of construction work being done at the Savanna-La-Mar Hospital’s paediatric ward while being occupied by children. Dr. Tufton noted that under no circumstance should the children in the hospital’s care should have been subjected to such conditions. Following a directive from the Health Minister...
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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd right), greets Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference Chairman, Earl Jarrett (left), ahead of Monday’s (July 24) opening plenary session, focusing on health care, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The Conference is being held from July 23 to 27 under the theme: ‘Partnering for Growth’. Looking on (from 2nd left) are: Medical Chief of Staff, University Hospital of the West Indies and session moderator, Dr. Carl Bruce; and Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
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Clinical Training for Registered Nurses in UK

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is scheduled to visit the United Kingdom (UK) within the next two weeks to conclude arrangements to facilitate clinical training for Jamaican registered nurses at hospitals in that country. This, he said, forms part of the Government’s undertaking to expand the cadre in the eight categories of specialist nurses serving the public health...
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Owners of the Zierlich International Dialysis Centre in Montego Bay, St. James, Andre Nelson and Dainty Powell, listen as Marketing Manager, Paul Harrison, addresses the opening ceremony for the facility in July 2016.
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Jamaicans Return Home to Invest in Healthcare Sector

After living in the United Kingdom (UK) for 22 years, Dainty Powell packed her bags and returned to the land of her birth to establish the Zierlich International Dialysis Centre in Montego Bay, St. James, with her partner, Andre Nelson, a year ago. Ms. Powell, a dialysis nurse, had always had a desire to come back to Jamaica and be...
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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. (FILE)
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Steps Being Taken to Deal with Training of More Nurses

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says steps are being taken to address the shortage of teacher faculties in institutions that train nurses across the island. Addressing a Special Interest Group meeting at the Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Kingston on July 26, Dr. Tufton said that creative ways will have to be found in order to solve the problem,...
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High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan (left), speaking in an interview with the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Ian Boyne on the second day of the Diaspora Conference, downtown Kingston, on July 25.
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UK Diaspora to Adopt 55 Clinics for ‘Jamaica 55’

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Seth George Ramocan, is calling on the UK Diaspora to contribute to its Jamaica 55 Adopt a Clinic campaign. The High Commissioner, who was speaking to JIS News at the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (July 25), said that 55 clinics are...
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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton addressing the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre yesterday (July 25).
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Health Minister Seeks Diaspora Support for Medical Facility

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is lobbying Diaspora support for a new J$5.9 billion (US$46 million) 220-bed medical facility to be built on the compound of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, to provide specialist services for children and adolescents. He has also urged Diaspora members to support the expansion of the Bustamante Hospital for...
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