A new main building is to be constructed at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine. The new structure will include areas for outpatient services, endoscopy, intensive care, a pharmacy, a surgical suite, a laboratory, a staff lounge, and an underground parking lot, among other features, and will allow for more specialised medical procedures to be undertaken. The hospital’s Cardiology,...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has called on women to provide support and encouragement to men to do the necessary screening tests for prostate cancer. In his message to mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, which is being observed during September, Dr. Tufton highlighted the fear and apprehension that most men have about prostate cancer screening...

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is encouraging parents and guardians to converse with their children and monitor their activities, to prevent what he describes as a possible substance-abuse crisis. He was addressing a joint press conference with the Ministry of Education and Youth at the Health Ministry in Kingston, on Thursday (September 1).   Dr....

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says there is every indication that 2023 will be a great comeback year for the country’s hospitality sector, where both earnings and arrivals are expected to exceed pre COVID-19 levels. The Minister, who was speaking at the World Travel Awards Caribbean and Americas ceremony, at Sandals Montego Bay, on August 31, said that as...