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Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has said that the theme of this year's Vaccination Week - 'Reaching Everyone'- supports the Government's position of achieving universal immunization coverage, inclusive of the adult population. "This year's focus resonates with the Government. While it is well established that our priority has been on our children, we must support the transition from child...

A cheque valued at CAN$1,000 was today (April 23) handed over to the Bustamante Hospital for Children, during a brief ceremony at the hospital's Arthur Wint Drive location in Kingston. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, who made the presentation on behalf of Lady Bustamante Memorial Planning Committee...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) says that Prime Minister Bruce Golding has congratulated the Ministry of Health, on negotiating better payment terms for 719 vital drugs now available to the public health system. Prime Minster, the Hon Bruce Golding greeting General Manager of Medical Disposables Limited, Kurt Boothe, at the April 21 contract signing at Jamaica House where...

The Ministry of Health has issued the following statement in response to the Sunday Herald's (April 18) article headlined "Kids Dying Slowly". "The allegations printed in the Sunday Herald (April 18-24) article entitled "Kids Dying Slowly" are inaccurate, reckless and a misrepresentation of the process of managing patients with heart disease requiring surgery. "It is unfortunate that the Sunday Herald...

Chief Executive Officer of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Mr. W. Billy Heaven, has given the organisation's commitment to assisting the health sector to acquire the necessary resources to provide the best care for Jamaicans. He was addressing the handing over of the new Jeffrey Town type one clinic in St. Mary on Friday (April 16),...

The new Jeffery Town Health Centre, in St. Mary, was officially opened on Friday, April 16, by Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer. The Type 1 facility was built through a partnership between the Digicel Foundation and the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, at a cost of $10.9 million. In his address, the Minister said the opening...

The St. Elizabeth-based Balaclava High School has won the 2010 Health Debating Competition organised by the parish's Health Department. At the finals of the competition held on Tuesday (April 13) at the Black River High School, Balaclava beat six other institutions to take home the winning trophy among other prizes. The Hampton School placed second. Munroe College and Black River,...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) says that more pharmaceutical items will be made available to the public health system, starting this month, with the signing of some 44 contracts by Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Wednesday (April 21). The contracts will be signed at a special ceremony at Jamaica House. The ceremony, the first of its kind, will...

The maternity ward at the Mandeville Regional Hospital has received three mobile blood pressure machines and two cardiotocographs, valued at over US$8,000, from the Rotary Club of Mandeville, with support from Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB). At the handing over ceremony, held at the hospital on April 15, Branch Manager at JMMB, Mrs. Marcia Whittaker, highlighted the health care that...

The Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre at Mona, in St Andrew, Jamaica, is to receive US$12,000 of medical equipment from the Rotary Club of Falls Church, Virginia, in the United States. Club President, Ms. Carlota McCormack, said the medical equipment will include surgical beds with rails, utility bath trolleys, commodes, portable oxygen regulators, stethoscopes and digital thermometers, which will all...

More than 330 persons with serious eye conditions have received treatment at the Jamaica/Cuba Ophthalmology Centre in Kingston, since it started performing surgeries about a month ago. Among them is 19-year-old Okeilo Downing, who is eager to return to school after having cataract removed from his right eye this morning (April 14). Okeilo, who spoke to JIS News after the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, has said that Government will be focusing on the renewal of the country's primary health care system this year, in order to relieve the strain on hospitals. "We are expecting to use the primary health care facilities to triage (prioritize) patients and only send to the tertiary institution those that...