Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is appealing to persons, who experience poor treatment at public health institutions, to make a report to the Ministry so that proper investigations can be carried out and where necessary, sanctions applied. The Minister made the appeal against the background of recent reports of ill-treatment of patients at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in...

The public health system has received a boost to its stock of Intravenous Fluids (IV), with a donation valued at $1.75 million from local charity Food For the Poor (FFP). The items were handed over to Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson on August 13, at FFP’s offices in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The donation came weeks after reports...

The public pharmacy system is being transformed with reduced waiting time for the filling of prescriptions, expansion and upgrading of facilities, hiring of more pharmacists, and provision of modern equipment. The improvement is a result of a $37 million project by the National Health Fund (NHF) to take over the operations of pharmacies in public health facilities.  Since May, the...

The Government of Jamaica has launched a $3.3 billion project aimed at improving maternal and child health care in the country. The Programme to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC), which is being funded by the European Union (EU), will see significant improvement in the quality of care for expectant mothers and babies. This will boost the country’s ability to...

Residents of Manchester and surrounding parishes to benefit from a Health Fair and Men’s Health Symposium, which will be held on Thursday, July 31, at the Mandeville Seventh Day Adventist Church. The event, being organized by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) will commence at 9:30 a.m. and will focus on heart disease. Programme Organiser for Health at the...

The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) is now working with the Ministry of Health to execute a series of public awareness sessions that will inform its members on the chikungunya disease. With the Health Ministry reporting its second case of the virus in the country, the NCSC says it is necessary to educate seniors who fall within the most...

Improvement work is to be undertaken at the Central Village Health Centre, in St. Catherine. This follows a visit to the facility on July 28 by Minister of State with Responsibility for Primary Health Care Infrastructure, Hon. Luther Buchanan, with a view to determining what improvements can be carried out. Among the needs highlighted by staff include a security fence...