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Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has directed that certain actions be taken, as it relates to the five persons who were interdicted after the discovery that the body of a new born baby went missing from the Mandeville Regional Hospital's Morgue. Mr. Spencer spoke to the issue during a meeting Thursday afternoon (September 10), involving the five workers, their...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has announced an arrangement between Government and a number of private pharmacies to provide free prescriptions to the public. This move, he says, will make filling prescriptions easier for patients and reduce the load on public dispensaries. Addressing his sixth Town Hall Meeting in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on Wednesday (September 09) he said,...

Festival Queen for Clarendon, Zuleika Jess, brought cheer to paediatric patients at the May Pen Hospital on Monday (Sept. 7), when she visited the facility as part of her social outreach programme. Miss Jess, who was accompanied on her visit by Cultural Organiser for the parish, Matthew Lawrence, toured the Paediatric Ward, where she read to and played with the...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding is urging all Jamaicans to give support to Caribbean Wellness Day 2009, which was officially launched yesterday (September 9), at Jamaica House. The Day will be observed on Sunday, September 13 with a Health Festival in Half-Way Tree Square. Speaking at the launch, the Prime Minister said: "If you cannot get to the festival,...

The Manchester Health Department and the Devon Community Development Committee have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a health centre in the community. The facility will be housed at the Devon Community Centre, which was spruced up from a $50,000 grant the community received for placing third in the Best Community Competition about two years ago....

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), in association with the Jamaica Urological Society (JUS), will host their annual Prostate Cancer Public Forum on Sunday, September 13, 2009, at Stephanie Hall, Holy Childhood High School, Kingston, starting at 9:00 am. Speaking Thursday (September 03) at a JIS Think Tank session, Consultant Urologist and President of the Jamaica Urological Society, Dr. Richard Mayhew,...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Consultant on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. Alafia Samuels, has expressed the hope that the concept of Caribbean Wellness Day will stimulate increased physical activity and exercise among individuals, thereby contributing to reducing the factors causing chronic diseases. Caribbean Wellness Day, which is celebrated on the second Saturday in September, evolved out of the Declaration of...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has lauded Mandeville business couple Calvin and Sylvia Lyn, for investing in the Hargreaves Memorial Hospital, which will continue to operate and provide quality health care service to the people of Manchester. "It is a tremendous opportunity to improve the quality of life in Mandeville, and the parish of Manchester," the Prime Minister said...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has ordered that an audit be done and an investigation be undertaken, immediately, into the approval process for session and on call payments for medical groups in the public health sector. The Minister met with representatives of the medical groups on Friday (August 28), and informed them that there may be some irregularities, as...

The Ministry of Health is advising persons to remain vigilant and continue to take the recommended precautions to protect against the spread of Influenza A(H1N1). The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned that persons should continue to take the necessary care, as there may be a second wave of the disease, which would see an increase in the number of...

Registration for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Health Card begins today (September 1), at all public hospitals and health centres across the island. The card is another of the Government's thrusts to ensure easier access to health care and drugs, since the abolition of user fees in public sector health facilities last year. The card will allow persons from public...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that, despite many criticisms, his Government remains committed to the abolition of user fees in hospitals. He said that those who can afford to pay, should pay what they can afford. But, the problem has always been that the country was never able to develop an appropriate means to determine whether a...