Compassionate Care Programme Launched At Falmouth Public General Hospital
By: , October 7, 2018The Key Point:
Photo: Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton 3rd left ) tours the newly renovated Falmouth Public General Hospital Accident and Emergency Unit, guided Acting Chief Executive Officer at the hospital, Princess Wedderburn foreground, right) . Also on the tour are from left ) Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority, Errol Greene; Special Advisor in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Stephanie Reid; and Member of the Falmouth Public General Hospital Board, Dennis Meadows . The occasion was the launch of the Falmouth Public General Hospital, Compassionate Care Programme and the official opening of the newly renovated Accident and Emergency Unit at the facility in Trelawny on Friday October 5).
The Facts
- The Health Minister also implored health care workers not to take patients for granted, but to make them feel comfortable when they visit.
- The programme was also launched at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James, Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston.
The Full Story
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton says a cultural change in service delivery within Jamaica’s health facilities is on the horizon, with the launch of the Compassionate Care Programme.
He stated that practitioners in public health will spark a cultural shift in service delivery, which will in turn enhance the healing process of patients who visit the facilities.
Minister Tufton was speaking at the lunch of the Compassionate Care Programme at the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny on Friday (October 5).
“We expect that we are starting a cultural change in the way we deliver service, and that cultural change is going to enhance not just the perception of how people see us as practitioners, in this public health space, but also very importantly, we are going to be better practitioners to the patients that we care for… and that’s the core objective of why people come to our health centres and hospitals,” Dr. Tufton highlighted.
The Health Minister also implored health care workers not to take patients for granted, but to make them feel comfortable when they visit.
“The real benefit (of the Compassionate Programme) should be that people feel better about themselves, as it aids the therapeutic and healing process,” he added. Meanwhile, Dr. Tufton lauded the staff at the hospital for handling the increased work load with professionalism and poise, when services at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James had to be relocated.
“I want to thank Falmouth Hospital for rising to the occasion. Falmouth has become a satellite location for Cornwall in a number of the services and you have done well,” he stated.
At the launch, Minister Tufton also officially declared the newly renovated Falmouth Public General Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit open with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The Compassionate Care Programme is geared towards enhancing the psychological wellness of patients within the public health system as a means of promoting speedy recovery.
The programme was also launched at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James, Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston.