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Senior Medical Officer for the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Dr. Everton McIntosh (left), receives a pulse oximeter from Dr. Nitin Shah, Mission Leader for the Mind Body and Soul Health Ministry, at the hospital on June 20.
Senior Medical Officer for the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Dr. Everton McIntosh (left), receives a pulse oximeter from Dr. Nitin Shah, Mission Leader for the Mind Body and Soul Health Ministry, at the hospital on June 20.

Residents In SRHA Receive Free Cataract Surgeries

Some 577 residents within the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), received free cataract surgeries between June 17 and 20 at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester. The surgeries were facilitated by Dr. Hilary Morgan, a Florida-based Jamaican who heads the...
Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse, Michael Tucker, addresses a World No Tobacco Day Youth Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on World No Tobacco Day, Wednesday, May 31.
Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse, Michael Tucker, addresses a World No Tobacco Day Youth Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on World No Tobacco Day, Wednesday, May 31.

NCDA Head Highlights Impact of Tobacco Use
Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore, addressing the sitting of the Senate on June 16.
Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore, addressing the sitting of the Senate on June 16.

Senator Calls for Mobile Units to Address Mental Health Needs
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (third left), cuts the ribbon for the official commissioning of a mobile collection unit at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) on Slipe Road in Kingston on June 14. Others pictured (from left) are Blood Donor Organiser at the NBTS, Igol Allen; Attorney-at-Law, and voluntary blood donor, Khadine “Miss Kitty” Hylton; Acting Director at the NBTS, Dr. Marlene Tapper, and driver of the mobile unit, Patrick Foster.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (third left), cuts the ribbon for the official commissioning of a mobile collection unit at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) on Slipe Road in Kingston on June 14. Others pictured (from left) are Blood Donor Organiser at the NBTS, Igol Allen; Attorney-at-Law, and voluntary blood donor, Khadine “Miss Kitty” Hylton; Acting Director at the NBTS, Dr. Marlene Tapper, and driver of the mobile unit, Patrick Foster.

NBTS Expands Collection Programme
Chief Public Health Inspector, St. Elizabeth Public Health Department, Nelesha Brown-Wint.
Chief Public Health Inspector, St. Elizabeth Public Health Department, Nelesha Brown-Wint.

PHOTO: Citizens Urged to Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Sites

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Citizens Urged to Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Sites

The St. Elizabeth Public Health Department is calling on citizens to assume a greater responsibility in eliminating mosquito breeding sites within their homes and surroundings. Chief Public Health Inspector, Nelesha Brown-Wint, has emphasised the need for proactive action to safeguard public health, noting that since the start of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1, there has been an...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, delivers the main address at the official opening of the St. Thomas Teen Hub at the Morant Bay Bus Park on June 9.
Health & Wellness

Jamaica’s Second Teen Hub Opens in Morant Bay, St. Thomas

Children and adolescents in St. Thomas can now access a wide range of social, educational and health services in a safe and conducive space at the Teen Hub, which opened in the parish on Friday (June 9). The facility, established by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, is the second of its kind in Jamaica, following the launch of the...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) and Senior Medical Officer, Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, Dr. Rory Dixon, observe as beneficiary under the Ministry’s ‘New Life, New Limb’ programme Juliet Smith tests an artificial leg at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre in St. Andrew on June 8. Approximately 68 patients at the facility, who have lost limbs will be provided with prosthesis.
Health & Wellness

68 Patients at Sir John Golding Rehab Centre to Receive Prosthetics

Approximately 68 patients at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, who have lost limbs due to a health condition or trauma, will be provided with prosthesis. They are among the first beneficiaries under the Government’s ‘New Life, New Limb’ programme, which Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, first announced in his Sectoral presentation in May. Under...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), visits a dental site during the Ministry’s ‘Know Your Numbers’ campaign, held at Stewart’s Hardware in May Pen, Clarendon, on June 7.
Health & Wellness

Residents of Clarendon Benefit from Health Screening

Scores of persons in Clarendon benefited from health screening under the Ministry of Health and Wellness ‘Know Your Numbers’ campaign, held at Stewart’s Hardware in May Pen, on June 7. Services offered included blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, body mass index, HIV, and Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tests, Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) and pap smear. Patrons attending the all-day event...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left) and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), speak with students of Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St. Catherine – Nathan McKenzie (left) and Anisa Hinds, while sitting on a Wellness Bench donated by the Health Ministry on Wednesday (June 7). The occasion was a Wellness Check-In Session hosted at the institution by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Youth.
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Bridgeport High School Students Participate in Wellness Check-In Session

Students of Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, participated in a Wellness Check-In Session at the institution on Wednesday (June 7), which was designed to encourage positive practices during stressful situations. The session was led by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in collaboration with stakeholders from the Ministry of Education and Youth. These engagements...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addressing the official opening of the 128-slice CT scan suite at the University Hospital of the West Indies in St. Andrew, on Tuesday (June 6).
Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Urged to Practise Healthier Lifestyles

With data indicating that the country’s life expectancy rate is declining, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is urging Jamaicans to practise healthier lifestyle choices to reduce illness and death. “People are pursuing lifestyle practices that are negatively affecting their health,” he said during Tuesday’s (June 6) opening ceremony for the $128-million state-of-the-art 128-slice computed tomography...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second left), who is the former State Minister of Health and Wellness, joins Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (second right) and Director of the Standards and Regulations Division in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Cynthia Lewis Graham (right), in displaying the symbolic International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) 9001:2015 Certificate, which was handed over to the Ministry of Health during a recent ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Making the presentation is Manager of the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ, Navenia Wellington Ford. The Standards and Regulation Division (SRD) of the Ministry of Health and Wellness having earned ISO certification marks a shift in its level of operational efficiency and the quality of its service delivery to the public.
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PHOTOS: Ministry of Health’s Standards and Regulations Division ISO Certified

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (second left), who is the former State Minister of Health and Wellness, joins Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie (second right) and Director of the Standards and Regulations Division in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Cynthia Lewis Graham (right), in displaying the symbolic International Organization for...
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