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Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, speaking in the House of Representatives. (FILE)

UNOPS to Manage Rehabilitation of Cornwall Regional Hospital

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has been assigned as project manager for the rehabilitation process at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St. James. This was disclosed by Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, during...

Jamaica Looking to Partner with UK for Training of Specialist Nurses

Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association, Maureen Samms-Vaughan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Parents Urged to Get Children Tested Early for Autism

Acting Director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Dr. Beverley Wright (left), greets Board Chairman of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Earl Jarrett, at the launch of the Society’s fundraising initiative, ‘Relay for Life’, on April 26 at Emancipation Park in Kingston. Dr. Wright read the message from Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Health Ministry to Introduce HPV Vaccine

Members of the Ophthalmology Medical Mission and personnel of the Mandeville Regional Hospital. The team performed 257 cataract surgeries from April 8 to 10. In the front row (from left) are CEO of the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Alwyn Miller; sponsor of the medical mission, Dr. Kiran Patel, and co-founders of Mind Body and Soul Health Ministry, Hillary and Horace Morgan.

Jamaican Couple Teams with American Philanthropist to Give Back

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Cabinet to Receive Compassionate Care Policy Submission

The Ministry of Health has submitted the proposed Compassionate Care Policy to Cabinet for approval. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who said the initiative forms part of the Ministry’s undertaking to improve the quality of customer service delivered at public health institutions. He said a pilot has been implemented at the Kingston Public Hospital,...

9 years ago Health & WellnessLabour

Ministry Hosts Workshop on Workers’ Health

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is hosting a two-day National Workshop on Workers’ Health. The workshop, which began yesterday (April 27), is being held under the theme ‘Healthy Workplaces – Healthy Spaces – Healthy Workers’ at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. Bringing remarks at the opening, Pan American Health...

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Kingston Public Hospital to Offer Limited Services Due to Electrical Issues

The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) will offer limited services until further notice due to an electrical shortage that has left some areas without power. Persons requiring emergency hospital care are being urged to seek medical assistance at other health facilities until normalcy is restored. The hospital’s management is working assiduously to ensure the resumption of normal operations in the shortest...

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.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Encourages Jamaicans to Get Involved in Physical Activity

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says persons who are engaged in some form of physical activity are less likely to be susceptible to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Dr. Tufton stated that evidence shows that physical inactivity increases the risk of many adverse health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease (CHD), breast cancer and colon cancer. “Healthy...

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

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Health Minister Outlines Impact of NCDs on the Country

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been the greatest public health threat to Jamaica’s development for the past 50 years. Dr. Tufton was addressing a University Diabetes Outreach Conference at the Jewel Resort in Runaway Bay, St. Ann on April 21. He pointed out that, globally, 36 million people die...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, symbolically cut the ribbon to handover six Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulances at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. In the background is Manager of the EU Unit at the Panning Institute of Jamaica, Dianne Davis.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Work on Upgrading of May Pen Hospital This Year – Dr. Tufton

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says work will be undertaken this year to upgrade the Type C May Pen Hospital to a Type B facility. “We’ll be sending the architects and the other professionals and we’re going to find the budget. We’ll be doing the work to upgrade the hospital. This will mean added rooms, added infrastructure and...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, tries out one of the six ambulances provided to the health sector by the European Union (EU), during a ceremony at the May Pen Hospital in Denbigh, Clarendon on April 20. Sharing the moment is Head of Delegation, EU to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.

9 years ago Health & WellnessTransport

May Pen Hospital to Get Erin Radiology Centre

Patients at the May Pen Hospital, in Clarendon, will benefit from the establishment of an Erin Radiology Centre as of May 1. Making the announcement, Transport and Mining Minister, and Central Clarendon Member of Parliament, Hon. Mike Henry, said the centre’s establishment will not cost the Government. “It will provide (among other services) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service...the only one...