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Established on December 14, 1776, the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is one of the island’s oldest medical institutions. This year, the hospital celebrates 240 years of service to the public health sector. The hospital is located on North Street, Downtown Kingston.
Established on December 14, 1776, the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is one of the island’s oldest medical institutions. This year, the hospital celebrates 240 years of service to the public health sector. The hospital is located on North Street, Downtown Kingston.

KPH Celebrates 240 Years This Year

One of the island’s oldest medical institutions, Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is celebrating 240 years of service to the public health sector. Located on North Street in the business district of Downtown Kingston, KPH was established on December 14, 1776...
Residents of Parade Gardens clear garbage and mosquito breeding sites from the community earlier this year. (File Photo)
Residents of Parade Gardens clear garbage and mosquito breeding sites from the community earlier this year. (File Photo)

Residents of Parade Gardens and Surrounding Areas Unite for Zika Clean-Up
Chief Medical Officer of Health for St. Catherine, Dr. Francia Prosper-Chen (left), is presented with a plaque by President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Desmond Hutchinson. Occasion was a special joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs of Spanish Town, Portmore, North St. Catherine and St. Andrew North on February 23, at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road in Kingston.
Chief Medical Officer of Health for St. Catherine, Dr. Francia Prosper-Chen (left), is presented with a plaque by President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Desmond Hutchinson. Occasion was a special joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs of Spanish Town, Portmore, North St. Catherine and St. Andrew North on February 23, at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road in Kingston.

Communities Urged to Get Rid of Mosquito Breeding Sites
Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), examines emergency equipment in one of the 10 ambulances acquired for the four Regional Health Authorities and the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s Emergency Management Service, while Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey, looks on. The ambulances and 10 pickup trucks, which are valued at $129.166 million, were handed over today (Feb. 22), during a function at the National Public Health Laboratory on Slipe Pen Road, Kingston.
Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), examines emergency equipment in one of the 10 ambulances acquired for the four Regional Health Authorities and the Jamaica Fire Brigade’s Emergency Management Service, while Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey, looks on. The ambulances and 10 pickup trucks, which are valued at $129.166 million, were handed over today (Feb. 22), during a function at the National Public Health Laboratory on Slipe Pen Road, Kingston.

Health Minister Hands Over Ambulances and Vector Control Vehicles
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De la Haye.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De la Haye.

Jamaicans Taking Zika Seriously – De La Haye

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Persons at High Risk for Severe Complications from Flu Urged to be Extra Vigilant

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye is urging persons especially those in the high risk group for severe symptoms to take steps to prevent infection as the Ministry continues to record cases of influenza.   Persons in the high risk group include children under five years old, pregnant women, the elderly, persons with non-communicable diseases such as diabetes,...
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Minister of Education, Hon Rev. Ronald Thwaites (centre), looks on as Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Health Professions, Dr. Harold P. Jones (left), presents a signed memorandum of understanding to President and Chief Executive Officer of Bioprist Holdings Incorporation, Dr . Guna Muppuri, for the establishment of a UAB campus at the Bioprist Knowledge Park (BKP) campus in Lucea, Hanover. The signing took place on Friday (February 19), at the BKP.
Health & Wellness

Health Training Institution To Be Established In Lucea

A health training institution is to be established at the Bioprist Knowledge Park  (BKP) campus in Lucea, Hanover, which will cater to students from Jamaica and overseas. Officials from Bioprist, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the United States, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the undertaking on Friday (Feb.19) at the BKP site, which formerly...
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Health & Wellness

Ministry of Health Heightens Alert for Dengue

Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston De La Haye is alerting the public to a higher than usual number of cases of dengue being detected by the Ministry of Health at this time. As at the week ending February 20, 2016, there were 23 cases of dengue diagnosed resulting from our increased active surveillance for the zika virus (ZIKV). Dengue...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey (second left) discusses how a mosquito fogging machine is operated with (from third right) Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Winston De La Haye, and Executive Director, Food for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica, David Mair. Looking on is Director, Environmental Health in the Ministry, Everton Baker. Occasion was a presentation ceremony for medication and mosquito fogging machines valued at $5.7 million at the FFP offices in St. Catherine. The FFP donated 6,000 bottles of paracetamol tablets and 19 portable mosquito foggers to the Ministry.
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Health Ministry Gets Fogging Machines From Food For The Poor

The Ministry of Health has received a donation of medication and mosquito fogging machines, valued at $5.7 million, from Food for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica. The 6,000 bottles of paracetamol tablets and 19 portable foggers will assist the Government in its continued fight against the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses, such as the Zika Virus (ZikV). The items were handed over...
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Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, feeds baby Jahiem Bailey, who underwent emergency life-saving heart surgery at the Harley Street Clinic in London.
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Jamaican Baby Receives Life-Saving Heart Surgery in London

The joy which first-time father, Hoshane Bailey, experienced following the birth of his son, Jaheim, on November 1, 2015, was short-lived after learning that the child had a heart problem requiring immediate surgery for him to live. Jaheim was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA), a condition characterized by abnormal blood circulation. “We were (initially) told that he...
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