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MANDEVILLE — The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) has launched a customer service hotline, as it moves to improve client relations and enhance service delivery at health facilities within the region. Regional Technical Director at SRHA, Dr. Michael Coombs, speaking at the launch held at the organisation’s head office in Mandeville on Thursday (June 16), explained that through the hotline,...

KINGSTON — The services provided by the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) have been significantly enhanced with the launch of the agency’s website. The facility, which was developed by Chrysalis Communications, was launched during a ceremony at the Ministry of Health’s King Street offices downtown Kingston on Tuesday (June 14), which was observed globally as World Blood Donor Day.  Managing...

KINGSTON — Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, contends that the National Blood Transfusion Service's (NBTS) target, of collecting some 50,000 units of blood annually, is achievable. Speaking at the launch of the NBTS’ website at the Ministry, King Street, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday June 14, Dr. Dixon noted that approximately 28,000 units of blood were...

MONTEGO BAY — The Old Hospital Park on Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay, which was extensively upgraded through a partnership between the Ministry of Tourism, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) was officially opened on Tuesday June 14. The $45 million project was funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which has also...

KINGSTON — State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore is urging men to adopt preventive practices regarding their health, particularly in relation to prostate cancer. In a message delivered by Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe, at a ‘Men’s Health Day 2011’ function, held at the Girl Guides headquarters in Kingston,...

KINGSTON — The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is taking its blood donor appeal to the streets, with the staging of a walk on World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), Tuesday, June 14. The Blood for Life Walk, being held in collaboration with the Junior Chamber International of Kingston, will begin at 6:30 a.m. at the NBTS’ Slipe Pen Road office...

OCHO RIOS — Acting Chief Public Health Inspector in the St. Ann Health Department, Leroy Scott, has called on parishioners to be proactive in checking for sources of mosquito breeding in their communities, and help the Department prevent mosquito bourne diseases in the parish. The appeal was made at the monthly meeting of the St. Ann Parish Council in St....

MONTEGO BAY — The Trelawny Health Department says it has stepped up its monitoring systems throughout the parish, especially at the ports. Chief Public Health Inspector, Elsa Somerville, in her report at the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Parish Council in Falmouth on June 10, said it is this increased vigilance that led to the recent capture of four stowaways...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved a US$899,668 contract to ECODAS Limited for the supply and installation of medical waste equipment at the Southeast Medical Waste Treatment Facility. This disclosure was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz during a recent post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said the contract will allow for...

Wife of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Lorna Golding, yesterday called on international donors to extend their support to make the Caribbean the first region in the world to eliminate new HIV infections in children. Speaking at the First Spouses meeting held as part of the June 8-10 United Nations 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York, she pledged...

KINGSTON — Director of Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse, Ministry of Health, Dr. Maureen Irons-Morgan says parents and care-givers must communicate more with their children, in order to be constantly aware of their actions. She emphasised that this is very necessary, in light of the high incidence of suicides among children and adolescents, since the start of the year....

KINGSTON — The tobacco control bill, which seeks to combat the use and consequences of tobacco products, will soon be put before Parliament. “I expect, within three weeks, to have the matter placed before the Parliament and we would have had the framework tobacco legislation in place. The Chief Parliamentary Council is making the final amendments to the documents after...