Chairman of the Board of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), James Moss Solomon, says the hospital needs approximately $1.4 billion in order to have the requisite equipment in place for full functionality. “We are placing priority on the acquisition of equipment, the rehabilitation, wherever possible, of existing equipment and rationalising the use of such equipment, to enhance...

Two cheques, valued over US$3,000, were recently presented to the Port Antonio Infirmary and the Bellevue Hospital, the largest mental institution in the English-speaking Caribbean. The donation is from the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, D.C., United States. Funds were collected at the annual Independence Church Service, held by the Embassy on August 2, 2015. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley is calling on Jamaicans to take the necessary steps to protect themselves from the zika virus and other mosquito borne diseases as the Ministry of Health heightens it's response to the spread of Zika in the region and its threat to Jamaica. Read More: Zika Virus Explained Minister Dalley is calling on communities, church and...

Health Minister, Hon. Horace Dalley, has hailed Cuba’s spirit of “internationalism” demonstrated through its provision of critical development support to several countries, particularly to developing nations like Jamaica. He noted that “Cuba has never failed to respond to the call (for assistance) anywhere in the world, during times of natural disaster or difficulties,” pointing to the country’s response to the...

Student and resident doctors stationed at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), who seek to specialise in reconstructive hand surgery, will soon get the opportunity to be trained in that discipline. Senior Medical Officer at the CRH, Dr. Delroy Fray says the hospital and the Carnegie Hand Institute and Surgery Centre are in dialogue, to come to an agreement which will...

Jamaica has renewed its bilateral partnership with the Republic of Cuba for the provision of technical support to the local health sector. Health Minister, Hon. Horace Dalley, and Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernández, on December 3, signed two agreements that will further extend this collaboration, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. One of...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, says the Ministry will be hiring and training 1,000 young people as vector control workers, who will go into communities, and along with the Ministry’s vector control teams, identify mosquito breeding sites and destroy them. He also charged senior health officials in the Ministry to mobilise the public in preparation for the Zika virus...