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Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses a press briefing at the Pegasus Hotel today (September 2), to outline strategies being put in place to address the findings of an audit of the island’s four regional health authorities.

Major Improvements to Health Sector

The Government will be undertaking significant improvements to the health sector in order to enhance service delivery to the public. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, made the disclosure at a press conference at the Pegasus Hotel today (September 2),...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, in discussion with Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock-DuCasse, ahead of a press briefing at the Pegasus Hotel on September 2, to discuss strategies being put in place to address the findings of an audit done on the island’s four regional health authorities. The audit was done in May to determine inadequacies in the delivery of adequate health care services.

10-Year Strategic Plan for Health Ministry

A view of the Princess Margaret Hospital in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

Princess Margaret Hospital – A Beacon of High Quality Health Care Delivery

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), presents Lorna Marshall with her plaque for dedicated service to the St. Thomas Health Services. Occasion was an awards banquet at the Knutsford Court Hotel on August 27, hosted by the St. Thomas Health Services for persons who retired from the Princess Margaret Hospital and the St. Thomas Health Department during the period January 2009 to May 2015. At centre is British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton.

Retired Health Workers in St. Thomas Honoured

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (centre, standing), observes while Principal of the University of the West Indies, Professor Archibald McDonald (right), and Deputy General Manager at China Engineering Company (CHEC), Qiwu Yang (left), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $60 billion expansion programme at the institution, on August 26, at the UWI Campus, in St. Andrew. Also pictured is Deputy Principal of the University, Professor Ishenkunba Kahwa (right, standing).

$60 Billion Development Project at UWI

11 years ago Health & Wellness

More Nurses To Boost Health Care Delivery

The Ministry of Health has announced plans to boost the quality of care in the public health system by increasing the number of nurses, patient care assistants and community health aides. Some 213 nurses are to be hired on an incremental basis, 150 patient care assistants and 200 community health aides. One hundred and eighty-one medical interns and 106 senior...

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Gov’t to Spend $3.8 Billion for Pharmaceuticals

The Government has awarded 47 contracts valuing some $3.8 billion for the supply of pharmaceuticals to public facilities over the next 24 months. A total of 728 items on the Ministry of Health’s Vital, Essential and Necessary List, are to be provided for use in the public health facilities and National Health Fund (NHF) DrugServ pharmacies for the period 2015...

Chief Education Officer, Dr. Grace McLean (left), in discussion with Dr. Kadene Arboine, who recently completed medical school through assistance from the Ministry of Education. Kadene stopped by the Ministry’s Heroes Circle head office in Kingston on August 12, to express thanks for the help she received.

11 years ago EducationHealth & Wellness

Medical Intern Succeeds With Help from Education Ministry

Twenty-five year-old Kadene Arboine grew up in St. Mary with her grandmother, before moving to live with her mother and four siblings in Bull Bay, St. Andrew. Her mother, the sole breadwinner for the family, is a vendor who sells footwear for babies and children in Downtown, Kingston. During holiday breaks, Kadene would help her mother with the arduous task...

General Manager of the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation (SFJ), Karen Donaldson (left), presents a Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator valued at over $356,000 to Manager of Physiotherapy Services at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, Denise Forsythe (3rd right). Sharing the occasion (from 2nd left) are: Assistant President of the Montego Bay Freezone, Gloria Henry; Gwynne Miller and Juliaire Hall of the Montego Bay Freezone; Administrator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, Kereisa Bell Cummings; and Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Delroy Fray. The presentation took place at the hospital on Friday (August 21).

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Spanish-Jamaica Foundation Donates Neuromuscular Stimulator to Cornwall Regional

The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation (SFJ), on Friday (August 21), handed over a Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. Donation of the equipment, which is valued at over $356,000, was made in partnership with the Montego Bay Freezone, which adopted the hospital’s Physiotherapy Department as part of its 30th anniversary outreach project this year. “We...

Representatives from the Jamaica Kidney Care Foundation speak with parents at the Spanish Jamaican Foundation’s back-to-school health and information fair at the Spot Valley High School in St. James on Friday (August 21).

11 years ago Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

Hundreds Receive Free Health Checks for Back-To-School

Hundreds of students from the Rose Hall area in St. James have benefited from free health services in time for the start of the new academic year in September. At a free back-to-school health and information fair staged by the Spanish-Jamaica Foundation (SJF) at the Spot Valley High School on August 21, the students received free medical checks, including eye...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses a town hall meeting at Mandela Park in Half-Way-Tree, St. Andrew yesterday (August 19). The meeting, which was hosted by the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) in partnership with the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), is part of an ongoing public education thrust by both agencies to spread awareness about vector-borne diseases and discuss prevention methods.

11 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Citizens Reminded To Clean Surroundings

Citizens are again being reminded that they have a personal responsibility to keep their surroundings free of mosquito breeding sites in order to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases. This comes against the outbreak of the Chikungunya virus (Chik V) last year, as well as the threat of the Zika virus (Zik V). Both diseases are transmitted by the Aedes...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), cuts the ribbon to open the newly refurbished Nannyville Health Centre in South East St. Andrew, earlier this year. Sharing in the moment (from 2nd left) are: State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Julian Robinson; Board Chairman for the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Andrei Cooke and Deputy Mayor/Councillor for the Vineyard Town Division, Andrew Swaby.

11 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Improved Primary Health Care for Residents of Nannyville

Residents of Nannyville Gardens, in South East St. Andrew, are benefitting from a refurbished community health centre, that was officially opened earlier this year. Built in the 1970s, the old structure was upgraded in late 2014, through the efforts of the Ministry of Health and the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), with funding provided by the National Health Fund...