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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses an open house and exhibition for the soon-to-be-upgraded Old Harbour Health Centre in St. Catherine, on December 14 at the Lions Civic Centre.

Government Explores Long-Term Leasing of Medical Equipment

To ensure reliability of medical machines in the public health system, the Government is exploring the long-term leasing of equipment, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. Speaking at an open house and exhibition for the...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses the House of Representatives on December 13.

More Benefits, Including PSA Test, Added to NHF Card

Acting Chief Public Health Inspector for St James, Sherika Lewis, addresses the monthly meeting of the St. James Municipal Corporation on December 8.

St. James Public Health Department Urges Vigilance in Purchasing Meat

Research Analyst at the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Uki Atkinson.

NCDA Warns of Effects of Drug Use on the Young Brain

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.

State Minister Says Persons Must Still Protect Themselves Against COVID-19

Research and Development Manager, Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Gleasia Reid Smith.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

CPFSA Hosts Second Workshop on Bullying December 12

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host the second in a series of workshops dealing with issues relating to bullying, on Monday, December 12. The theme of the workshop is ‘Victims to Systems, Consequences of Bullying and Cyberbullying’. Research and Development Manager at the CPFSA, Gleasia Reid Smith, told JIS News that the objective of this second...

Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaicans Urged to Protect Themselves Against Dengue Fever

Jamaicans are being encouraged to take the necessary safeguards to avoid contracting dengue fever. This urging comes from Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie, who implored persons not to become complacent in the fight against the disease. She was addressing the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River, on Thursday (December...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), at the media launch of the liquid medical oxygen (LOX) expansion project at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston, on December 8. The Kingston Public and Annotto Bay Hospitals will benefit from the undertaking. Sharing the occasion (from left) are Chairman, Southeast Regional Health Authority, Wentworth Charles; Director, Maintenance and Operations, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Marlon Jones; Country Representative, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Alex Gainer; Senior Programme Officer, Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC), Sue-Ann Wallace Brown and Senior Medical Officer, Kingston Public Hospital, Dr. Natalie Whylie.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Patients in Hospitals to Benefit from Oxygen Project

The Kingston Public and Annotto Bay Hospitals will be retrofitted with the infrastructure required to better support oxygen delivery to patients who use the facilities, through a US$2-million project. The project, which will provide lifesaving oxygen to the bedsides of patients in need of respiratory support, is being funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented...

From left: Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell; Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara; Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn; and Deputy Representative of the United Nations Children

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica Gets Vaccine Cold Chain Equipment Valued at US$1.2 Million from Japan

Jamaica has received of donation of Cold Chain Equipment (CCE) and supplies valued at US$1.2 million from the Government of Japan, through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The items include a refrigerator, two refrigerated Land Cruiser vehicles, and igloos. They were provided under Japan’s Emergency Grant Aid to support UNICEF’s efforts to build the capacity of health workers to...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a recognition ceremony for US Nurses attached to the Government’s ‘CODE CARE’ programme, held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa in St. James, on Tuesday, December 6.

3 years ago Health & WellnessWorks / Construction

Work Progressing Well on Western Children and Adolescent Hospital

Construction is progressing well on the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. “I think we're close to the second floor now and it's going up day by day. I'm very encouraged that it is going to be a really nice institution, based on what we...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is flanked by a batch of US nurses at a recognition ceremony at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa in St. James on Tuesday, December 6. From left are Yvonne Goulbourne, Feruza Esanova, Claudette Coleman, Arlene Dyer-Salkey, Shannon Greenberg and Fredrecker Adams. The team of nurses
worked alongside local surgeons at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea , Hanover, under the Government’s ‘CODE CARE’ programme, to clear up a backlog of elective surgeries.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Backlog of Elective Surgeries Being Reduced

Jamaica’s backlog of elective surgeries was recently reduced by 20, thanks to a batch of nurses from the United States who worked alongside local surgeons at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, under Government’s ‘CODE CARE’ programme. The 12-month special initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, aims at clearing the backlog of elective surgeries in the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (second right); State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (centre) and Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Jamaica, Baejin Lim (left) observe as Senior Medical Officer at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson (third left) points out features on an anaesthetic machine. Occasion was the handover of medical supplies and equipment donated by the Government of the Republic of Korea at the Ministry of Health and Wellness in Kingston on Tuesday (December 6). Looking on (from left) are Chief Nursing Officer in the Ministry, Patricia Ingram-Martin; Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Simone Spence and Regional Technical Director, South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Sandra Chambers.

3 years ago Health & Wellness

Jamaica Gets Medical Supplies from Republic of Korea

Medical equipment and supplies valued at some US$1 million were on Tuesday (December 6) handed over to the Government of Jamaica. The donation, a gift from the Government of the Republic of Korea, includes bedside stethoscopes, operating theatre tables, anaesthetic machines, electrosurgical units, diathermy pencils and incubators. They were presented at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Health and...