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Being diagnosed with cancer can be a rather harrowing experience. The immediate reaction for many, as is human nature, is to try to get rid of it. Cancer treatment of any kind requires adequate financial planning, and can prove burdensome, even for the more affluent. But, for persons with prostate and breast cancer who subscribe to the National Health Fund...

The National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) has reopened to the public and is now able to receive blood donations. Persons wishing to donate blood in Kingston may therefore visit the Blood Bank at 21 Slipe Pen Road. The collection centre at the National Chest Hospital is also accepting donations along with all other collection centres across the island. For...

The Ministry of Health is advising that full service has been restored at most of the island's public hospitals. A few hospitals continue to offer emergency services only. The Following is the status of public hospitals across the island including the University Hospital of the West Indies: Hospitals offering full serviceSt. Ann's Bay RegionalKingston PublicVictoria JubileeNational ChestSav-La-Mar Cornwall Regional Bustamante...

The Ministry of Health is hopeful that the full range of services offered at public hospitals and health facilities can be restored to all institutions, by next week. "If all goes well and there is no more rain, I would say, by next week, hopefully, we should be back in order," Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr....

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse, has said that the island's emergency response capabilities are intact, and the health sector remains operational and fully able to respond to emergencies. She was speaking at a press conference at Jamaica House Wednesday (September 29), where she provided an update on the...

The Ministry of Health is advising that some hospitals have returned to full service while others are only offering emergency services and in some cases elective surgeries. The Following is the status of public hospitals across the island including the University Hospital of the West Indies: Hospitals offering full service Port Antonio St. Ann's Bay Regional Kingston Public Victoria Jubilee...

The Ministry of Health wishes to advise that public hospitals in the Northeast Regional Health Authority (NERHA) are offering full service. These include St. Ann's Bay Regional, Port Antonio, Port Maria and Annotto Bay Hospitals All other public hospitals and the University Hospital of the West Indies continue to operate on emergency mode. This means that only emergency services will...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer along with a delegation leaves the island on (Friday, September 24, 2010) to attend the 19th Meeting of the Caucus of CARICOM Health Ministers from September 25 to 26 and the 50th PAHO Directing Council from September 27 to October 1, 2010 in Washington, D.C. At the CARICOM Health Ministers' meeting, Minister Spencer will...

A range of cost saving initiatives implemented by the Ministry of Health since 2009, should result in savings of approximately $1 billion, says Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer. Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, emphasizing a point during the Ministry's Post Sectoral Debate media briefing at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Wednesday (September 22). The Minister made the...

The Government continues to pursue strategies to attract and retain the nation's health workers, Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has said. He was delivering the opening presentation of the second segment of the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 21). Mr. Spencer pointed out that, over the years, successive governments have relied on a mix...

Hundreds of exercise books highlighting ways children can support mothers while they breastfeed, were distributed to students of the St. Peter Claver Primary School in Kingston on (Sept. 23). The exercise books, with front-cover illustrations showing children and other family members completing chores while mother breastfeeds, are the collaborative effort of the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Children's...

Consultant Paediatrician with the Ministry of Health, Dr. Basil Robinson, says the frequency with which children suffer from infections and other ailments, depends on how much they are breastfed. "Babies that are breastfed have less diarrheal episodes in the first year of life, and less respiratory symptoms. The illness of your child, how sick your child will be; there is...