The Spanish Town Hospital is to benefit from the donation of a portable suction machine from the Social Development Commission (SDC). The handing over ceremony will take place on Wednesday (April 19) at the SDC’s St. Catherine parish office located on Port Henderson Road. The piece of equipment was bought using funds raised by the entity’s St. Catherine Agency Network...

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, reports that work to rectify the ventilation problem at the Cornwall Regional Hospital is to get under way shortly. He said the Ministry has received bids to provide design work, and these will be considered over the next week. “The provider of the service will be selected, at which point they will...

Cataract surgeries were performed on 257 Jamaicans at the Mandeville Regional Hospital between April 8 and 10, by a team from Mind Body and Soul Ophthalmology Mission. This brings to 750 the number of such surgeries performed by the team over a three-year period. Sponsored by Drs. Koran and Pallavi Patel Family Foundation, the mission saw Drs. Nitin Shaw, Nirav...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has underscored the importance of screening at Jamaica’s ports of entry to safeguard the country against the re-emergence of vector-borne diseases, such as chikungunya, malaria, Zika, dengue and yellow fever. He pointed out that the onset of many of these diseases often results from persons becoming infected while on visits to high-risk countries...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says public education is critical in getting community members to act in eradicating mosquito breeding sites. “We have to educate and inform every single Jamaican as to what the potential risk or potential threat is as it relates to the mosquito… . The first line of defence is really about education and us...

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, says Jamaica has the capacity to assist other Caribbean countries in developing effective mosquito control programmes. He noted that the country has the benefit of the intellectual resources of the Ministry and other stakeholders, such as the University of the West Indies (UWI), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and Jamaica Red Cross, among...

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 treatment needs of the mentally ill who are incarcerated. We also hope to amend legislation to address the criminal justice...