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Chairman of the Southeast Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Wayne Chen (second left), looks at the directional sign to the Pathology Lab that will be built in Mandeville soon. It was launched on February 3. The Lions of Club of Mandeville is spearheading the project.

SRHA to get Pathology Lab

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) will soon have its own pathology laboratory. The laboratory, which is the brainchild of the Lions Club of Mandeville, was launched at Caledonia Road in Mandeville on February 3. It will be constructed on...

JIS Stages Blood Drive February 7

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulit Gordon, addressing a Think Tank session.

Jamaica Cancer Society Looking to Raise $20 Million for Mobile Mammography Unit

Students at the Majesty Gardens Infant School in Kingston during the official hand over of renovated bathrooms to the institution by National Commercial Bank Foundation on Wednesday, January 18. The Foundation gave over $457,050 for the project.

NCB Foundation Impacts the Lives of Teachers and Students at Majesty Gardens Infant School

Heart Foundation Board member, Maurice Anderson (left); Executive Director of the Foundation, Deborah Chen (second left); Consultant Cardiologist and Chair of the Foundation, Dr. Andrene Chung (third left) and Sports Medicine Specialist, Dr. Paul Wright (right), in conversation with Acting Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Beverley Wright (second right), during the media launch for Heart Month (February) on January 24 at the Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged to Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle to Prevent Heart Disease

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Cabinet Approves Contract for Security Guard Services

Cabinet has approved the procurement of private security guard services at health facilities in the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA). The contract totalling $321.78 million was awarded to Marksman Limited for a period of three years. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure during a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on...

9 years ago Health & Wellness

11 Communities to Benefit from UTECH/SDC Wellness Fest

Residents of 11 communities close to the University of Technology’s (UTech) Papine campus are to benefit from a series of interventions aimed at strengthening community systems and to reach unengaged youth. The initiative, dubbed ‘Papine Wellness Fest’, involves collaboration among the University of Technology (UTech), the Papine Development Area Committee (PDAC) and the Social Development Commission (SDC). Beneficiary communities are...

Their Excellences, the Most Hon. Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen (left), and Lady Allen (second left), cut the ribbon to symbolise the official opening of the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s (JSB) Low Vision Resource Centre at its Old Hope Road location in St. Andrew on January 26. Also pictured at right is Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency, Masanori Nakano.

9 years ago Governor GeneralHealth & Wellness

Jamaica Society for the Blind Opens Vision Resource Centre

Jamaicans with low vision can now benefit from the services offered by the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s (JSB) newly constructed resource centre, which will treat with this condition. Low vision is a significant reduction of visual function that cannot be fully corrected by glasses, contact lenses, medical treatment or surgery. Low vision can result from a variety of diseases...

9 years ago CultureHealth & Wellness

No Smoking Allowed at IPL Facilities

The Independence Park Limited wishes to remind the public that no smoking is permitted at any of its facilities. Persons who fail to follow the rules could find themselves facing huge fines or imprisonment for breaching the ban. Fines range from $10,000 for a first offence; $25,000 for a second, and $50,000 for subsequent offences. A ban on smoking in...

Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Deborah Chen, speaks about activities for Heart Month in February, at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (January 25).

9 years ago Health & Wellness

HEART Foundation to Screen for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risks

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) will be conducting screenings for risk factors associated with Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) during Heart Month in February. HFJ’s Executive Director, Deborah Chen, said it is important for persons to know if they have any of the underlying conditions that may lead to SCA. “We are all at risk; we need to know our...

Registered nurse and Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home (JAHJAH) team member, Claudette Powell, listens to a young patient’s heart with a stethoscope at a health fair conducted by the United States-based charity at the Ulster Spring Health Centre in Trelawny on January 19. (FILE)

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaican-Born Doctors Giving Back to Homeland

For the past six years, the New Jersey-based Diaspora charity, Jamaicans Abroad Helping Jamaicans At Home (JAHJAH), has been quietly carving out a legacy of service in health care in communities across Jamaica. Whether it is providing free medical treatment to needy persons, donating equipment and supplies to public hospitals and health centres or the sharing of expertise with local...

The mobile blood collection unit that was handed over to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) by the United Kingdom (UK)-based Angel Foundation in January 2015.

9 years ago Health & Wellness

Blood Bank Wants More Regular Donors

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) or Blood Bank is looking to attract consistent numbers of voluntary donors as the entity seeks to meet its annual target of approximately 60,000 units. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, NBTS Blood Donor Organiser, Igol Allen explained that many persons are unaware of the importance of donating blood outside of periods of...