Minister of Health, Dr. Hon. Fenton Ferguson, says that work on the multi-million dollar cardiac wing at the Bustamante Hospital for Children is on track for a mid-February completion date. The Minister, who toured the facility, which is currently under construction on Friday morning, December 13, said that the state-of-the-art facility will be the first of its kind in the...

The Ministry of Health will be temporarily relocating its offices from, 2-4 King Street, Kingston for at least 10 working days to facilitate a comprehensive cleaning initiative on the Oceana Building. The building will be vacated at the end of the work day on Friday, December 13, 2013. It is expected that the Ministry will resume full service at the...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government remains committed to pursuing and implementing measures tailored towards increasing the number of volunteers donating blood to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NTBS). Speaking at a special 65th anniversary commemorative ceremony at the NBTS on Slipe Pen Road, in Kingston, on December 6, Dr. Ferguson said the administration, through the Health...

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is targeting young people, particularly those in the 17 to 25 age group, in its drive to attract more voluntary blood donors. This is being done under the Club 25 Programme, which was launched on Friday (Dec. 6) as a part of the organisation’s 65th anniversary celebrations. Blood Donor Organizer for the NBTS, Igol...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says that the Caribbean is in a good position to become the first region to achieve zero mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015. “I know in the Caribbean, our countries have been moving seriously. We have made tremendous gains as it relates to mother-to-child (HIV) transmission,” Dr. Ferguson said. He was addressing the Joint...

Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, says the Government is committed to the elimination of avoidable blindness by the year 2020, through delivery of the highest quality of health care to its citizens. “The matter of eye care is an important part of the menu of items that represent the effort to deliver quality health...

Minister of Health Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson officially opened the Santa Cruz Health Centre of Excellence, in St Elizabeth on Friday November 29 Minister Ferguson simultaneously broke ground for the start of phase two of the work to be done on the facility. The Santa Cruz Health Centre of Excellence is the first of four such facilities to be officially opened....