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Government's health sector groups have been invited to a special meeting at ten O' Clock Thursday morning (October 15), at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, to be updated on the reclassification exercises within the sector. This will be followed by a meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on Friday (October 16) at 2 o'clock,...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson is to undergo further tests today to determine the cause of severe abdominal pains he started having last night. Minister Nelson was taken to hospital by his personal physician, Dr. Denise Eldemire-Shearer after he complained of the pains. The Minister remains in high spirits.

Clinical Haemotologist and Oncologist, Dr. Angela Scott, is imploring all women, particularly those over age 40, to have regular breast examinations, in order to detect breast cancer early and improve their chance of surviving the disease. She pointed out that one in every 25 Jamaican women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. Speaking yesterday (October 6), at a JIS...

Only one per cent of customers of the Registrar General's Department (RGD) will be affected by a new fee structure for services offered by the agency. Announcing the new fees at a press conference, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, October 5, Chief Executive Officer of the RGD, Dr. Patricia Holness, noted that the agency's last increase was...

Jamaica will be observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, under the theme: 'Early Detection: Your Best Defence in the Fight Against Breast Cancer'. Throughout the month, the Jamaica Cancer Society, with the support of Yoplait yoghurt, will be staging a series of initiatives, seeking to increase awareness about breast cancer and to garner support for its activities. Some of...

The health and wellness of citizens of St. James will be given top priority, when sister cities, Atlanta in the USA and Montego Bay, stage their 14th annual Health Fair, at the St. John's Methodist Church Action Centre, Montego Bay, Monday (October 5) to Friday (October 9). Citizens will again benefit from the services of about 16 medical professionals and...

Jamaica will not suffer any loss of qualified health professionals from the training and recruitment of practical nurses for jobs in Canada. International Marketing Director for the Canadian-based Marmicmon Integrated Marketing and Communications (IMC), Professor Michael Patterson, said that idea is not to recruit registered nurses but rather to train persons, who are interested in the health care industry. "Persons,...

Some 28 employers from 14 healthcare establishments across Canada are taking part in a job recruitment fair organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, from which they will select persons for employment overseas. A total of 197 nursing students are taking part in the job fair, which got underway today (Sept. 28) at the Ministry's Overseas Employment Centre...

Jamaicans are being trained to fill practical nursing vacancies in Canada. The provision is being made under the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Programme, which involves collaboration with the Government of Jamaica, the Centre For Nursing Studies (CNS) in Canada and Marmicmon Integrated Marketing and Communications. Training sites are: the Nuttall Hospital in Kingston; the Brown's Town Community College in St....

Parish Manager for the Manchester Health Services, Stanhope Scott, wants men to help promote breastfeeding for infants. "A father's support is critical to a successful breastfeeding, simply by listening to the mothers. It requires that you actively play a role in your partner's life without being invasive," he told a breastfeeding forum organised by the Manchester Health Department, on Thursday...

Minister of Health, Hon Rudyard Spencer, has commended the work of the National Health Fund (NHF) in advancing health care for Jamaicans. "I want to place on record my tremendous appreciation for what the health fund is doing to advance the cause of health care for the Jamaican people. I am proud of the National Health Fund and you should...

Minister of Health, Hon. Ruddy Spencer, says the government is working hard to ensure that no patient in need of renal treatment will have to travel more than half an hour to receive dialysis treatment. "We have put in place, 17 new dialysis machines at the Kingston Public Hospital and last week we opened the (private) Hope Dialysis with 14...