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Academic Dean at the All American Institute of Medical Sciences in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Dr. Sheila Campbell Forrester (left), in discussion with Chairman of the Board, Dr. Simon Clarke (right), at the institution’s inaugural graduation exercise on December 4.

Healthy Start By First Off-Shore Medical School

The All American Institute of Medical Sciences (AAIMS), in Black River, St. Elizabeth, staged its inaugural graduation exercise on December 4, in which 19 Pre-Medical and 34 Pre-Clinical students graduated. The AAIMS, which is Jamaica’s first off-shore private medical school,...

Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson. (FILE)

Town Hall Meeting on Ebola in Mandela Park Dec. 8

Tourism workers and other stakeholders in St. Ann and St. Mary, attend a Chikungunya Virus/Ebola preparedness and response training workshop, which was held on November 25 at the Jewel Resort, Runaway Bay, St. Ann.

TEF Provides $5.9 Million for Chikv/Ebola Response in St. Ann and St. Mary

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses participants in the 5th staging of the National Health Research Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Thursday, November 27. Pictured at the head table (from left) are: National Epidemiologist, Ministry of Health, Dr. Karen Webster; Director, Epidemiology Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Prof. Marshall Tulloch-Reid; and Advisor, Disease Prevention and Control, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Kam Sung Mung.

Health Ministry Invites Partnership for ChikV Study

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), is assisted by Chairman, Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Stewart, to perform the symbolic ribbon-cutting exercise to formally re-open the newly refurbished paediatric ward at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester, on Wednesday (November 26). The ward’s refurbishment is one of five major projects undertaken at the hospital at a cost approximately $105 million, with financing provided by the National Health Fund (NHF).

Five Major Projects Completed at Mandeville Hospital

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Customer Care Policy To Be Implemented In 2015

The Ministry of Health is targeting 2015 for implementation of a new Customer Care Policy, which will stipulate the minimum standard of service delivery for employees at public health institutions. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says work to develop a draft has been completed, and the Ministry hopes to commence consultations with key stakeholders, including doctors and nurses, in...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), observes as Public Health Inspector assigned to Clarendon, Saneya Sutherland, demonstrates how the newly designed meat stamp is used to affix the safety verification mark on a side of beef inside Juici Patties Limited’s abattoir at its Clarendon Park head office in Clarendon, where the device was unveiled on Wednesday, November 26.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

New Meat Stamps for Inspectors

The country’s National Food Safety Policy, specifically the Meat Hygiene Programme, has been further boosted by the Ministry of Health’s introduction of some 400 new and improved meat inspection stamps, manufactured at a cost of $3.5 million. The stamps, which were unveiled during a brief launch at Juici Patties Limited’s headquarters, in Clarendon, on November 26, are uniquely designed to...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), in discussion with Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness
and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, during a Jamaica House Press Briefing, today (November 26), at which an update was provided on the Government’s $500 million national health emergency vector control clean-up campaign.

11 years ago Health & WellnessInformation

50 Projects Approved Under National CHIK-V Prevention Campaign

Fifty projects have been approved since the October commencement of the Government’s national campaign to reduce the spread of the Chikungunya virus (Chick-V), across the island. The Approvals Sub-committee under the programme, has approved 39 projects for Members of Parliament (MPs) and 11 for Parish Councils. This was disclosed at a Jamaica House Press Briefing, today (November 26), at which...

Custos of Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury (right), conversing with staff at the May Pen Hospital, in Clarendon, after a recent ceremony to highlight expansion work at the institution, costing over $70 million. From left are: Dr. Tyrone Roberts; Sister Christine Prince; Director of Nursing at the hospital, Yvonne Brown-Smite, and Chief Executive Officer at the hospital, Nadia Nunes.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

Staff at May Pen Hospital Commended

Members of staff of the May Pen Hospital, in Clarendon, have been lauded for providing quality care to the residents of the parish, by Custos of Clarendon, Hon. William Shagoury, who was a patient at the institution recently. Mr. Shagoury, who was addressing a recent ceremony at the hospital to highlight expansion work costing over $70 million, said that he...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), cuts the ribbon to officially open the expanded Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon on (November 21).. Others (from left to right) are: Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, Mike Henry; Director of Nursing at the hospital, Yvonne Brown-Smite; Chief Executive Officer at the hospital, Nadia Nunes; and Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Bradley Edwards.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

May Pen Hospital Benefits from $67.7 Million Upgrading

The Government has spent approximately $67.7 million to expand and upgrade several sections of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of the May Pen Hospital. Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson in his address at the opening of the expanded A&E unit of the Clarendon-based facility on Friday (November 21), said the work was undertaken to improve service delivery...

11 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Ebola Town Hall Meetings Get Underway Tuesday

Members of the public are being invited to attend a series of town hall meetings, to be held in major town centres across the island, as the Ministry of Health ramps up its Ebola public education and awareness campaign. The first meeting will be hosted by the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) on Tuesday (Nov. 25), at the Ocho...

Public Education Officer at the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Adrienne Pinnock says children will be an important component of the draft codes and regulations for the disabled community. She was addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Wednesday, November 19.

11 years ago Health & Wellness

JCPD Urges Parents to Seek Help for Disabled Children

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) is encouraging parents and guardians to get help for their disabled children. Executive Director of the Council, Christine Hendricks, said parents should not hide children with disabilities, but should get the necessary assistance for them to be integrated in society. “Parents need to understand the importance of their child and the importance...