It is now easier for motorists to enter and exit the grounds of the Percy Junor Hospital following improvement works undertaken at a cost of $9.2 million under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). The two-month project, which was completed towards the end of last year, involved widening and paving of the driveway and parking areas,  relocation of the guardhouse,...

A national clean-up campaign is to get underway next week, as Government steps up its Zika Virus (ZikV) preparations and response. The project is being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing through the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), and the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. “Each Member of Parliament and Councillor will be given (monetary)...

The Government will be contracting the services of retired public health inspectors to help eradicate mosquito breeding sites across the country. The move comes as preparations for the Zika Virus (ZikV) intensify. Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, who made the announcement, said inspectors, who have retired over the last two years, will be engaged in the first instance, on...

Bed capacity at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has been increased by 28, following the official opening of the $59 million expanded William Ward, today (January 27). Improvement work  has also been carried out on other wards, including roof repairs, steel work, plumbing, electrical work, painting, flooring, tiling, repairs to windows and doors, and installation of bathroom fixtures and fans,...

Two fetal heart rate machines that doctors use to monitor late pregnancy and labour, were presented to the Cornwall Regional Hospital, in Montego Bay, on January 26. “These monitors are used to monitor the fetal heart during labour and are absolutely important. The nurse can just watch the monitor and tell if the baby is okay and so we can...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley said the Government will be expanding bed space at four hospitals during the current financial year. These are Kingston Public Hospital (KHP), Spanish Town, May Pen and Cornwall Regional. The Minister said the undertaking is part of the Government’s patients care programme, under which the waiting area at KPH will also be improved. He...

The St. Catherine Parish Council is undertaking intensive clean-up activities in Spanish Town and surrounding communities, as part of its vector control and awareness programme, in preparation for the Zika Virus (ZikV). Chairman of the St. Catherine Parish Council and Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott, told  JIS News that the Council  is taking the threat very seriously and is...