Security at the Negril Health Centre in Westmoreland will be stepped up immediately, to combat the spate of break-ins which the facility has been experiencing. Making the announcement after a meeting with representatives from the Western Regional Health Authority, and the Westmoreland police in Savanna-La-Mar, on the weekend, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Luther...

Paediatric kidney patients in Jamaica and across the region will benefit from increased diagnostic treatment options at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) with the proposed purchase of a fluoroscopy machine valued at $54.7 million. Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson has disclosed that the National Health Fund (NHF) has secured funds to procure the state-of-art equipment, which is...

The Ministry of Health is collaborating with farmers in upper Trelawny on the proposed establishment of a yam juice processing factory on Government lands adjacent to the Albert Town Health Centre in Stettin. The Albert Town Yam Processing Factory is a vision of the Stettin United Farmers’ Group, which has over 70 registered farmers. Discussions on the establishment of this...

The National Health Fund (NHF) has, for a decade, provided Jamaicans with improved health benefits, spending $17.6 billion up to the end of January 2014, on medication subsidy, and $9.72 billion to improve facilities. Another $1 billion has been spent on the prevention of a number of illnesses. Primarily, the agency was tasked to manage non-communicable diseases (NCDs), by providing...

Cabinet is to receive a draft of the proposed Primary Health Care Renewal Policy from the Ministry of Health, for its consideration. Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the policy aims to create a blueprint that will underpin the Government’s prioritization of primary health care development and delivery at community health centres. Speaking with JIS News after the official...

Residents of Brainerd, Sue River, and adjoining communities in St. Mary now have access to a new health centre, which was funded by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost $13 million. The centre is the last of 55 earmarked for improvement under the Ministry of Health’s $300 million Health Sector Renewal Programme, which is also financed by the...

Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has expressed appreciation to the Spain’s Hospiten Group, which yesterday (March 14) announced final plans for the construction of a highly specialised general hospital at Cinnamon Hill, Rose Hall, St. James at a cost of $200 million. The Hospiten Group made the announcement during a ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in...