The St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital has benefitted from a $7.5 million donation of neo-natal critical care equipment and supplies, which will enhance care for mothers and newborns at the facility. The items include an incubator; state-of-the-art maternal foetal monitor; Bilisoft LED photo therapy system; temperature probe; three neonatal flow centres; and heart rate and oxygen monitors. They were donated...

The Ministry of Health is to formulate a policy aimed at guiding development of a standard kidney transplantation procedure as a viable alternative to haemodialysis for persons afflicted by renal disease. “I’ve already had (some recommendations), and we’re looking now towards developing a national transplant policy, because we believe that that is the way to go,” Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr....

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has commended former Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Primary Health Care Infrastructure, Hon. Luther Buchanan, for the invaluable work he accomplished, since he was assigned that duty last January. “Over the last nine months he visited over 40 health centres across the island,” Dr. Ferguson...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the process is advanced for the acquisition of two Linear Accelerator (Linac) machines to improve cancer treatment in the public sector. “We are far down the wicket in relation to the procurement of these machines. My own expectation is that by next year this time, we should have those machines in place,”...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health continues to maintain vigilance, through coordinated response and reporting in light of the Chikungunya outbreak impacting Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.The National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) has been activated to provide coordination and monitoring support. Additionally, the Ministry of Health remains the operational lead...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the citizens should assist in the campaign to control the Chikungunya disease, as it is impacting schools, homes, places of work, production and productivity. Addressing the official opening and handover ceremony for the upgraded Williamsfield Health Centre in Westmoreland on October 3, Dr. Ferguson emphasized that the effort to contain and control...

The extensively refurbished and expanded Williamsfield Health Centre, in Westmoreland, was re-opened on October 3 by Minister of Health, Hon.  Dr. Fenton Ferguson. The facility, which was upgraded at a cost of  $8 million, is now able to accommodate more persons with its additional examination rooms, and larger waiting areas. Financing for the project was provided by the National Health...