COVID-19 Preparedness Boosted In Central Jamaica
By: , March 17, 2020
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Staff members being trained in St. Elizabeth.
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Staff being trained in the use of personal protective gears at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon.The Full Story
The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is boosting its capacity to respond and manage the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), in the southern end of the island.
The SRHA, which administrates public healthcare in the parishes of Manchester, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth, has been training its staff members in the clinical and surveillance management of COVID-19 and the use of personal protective gears.
Regional Director for the SRHA, Michael Bent noted the SRHA has a staff complement of 3,200 workers and has trained more than 2000 workers at the primary and secondary levels, so far.
“The training which began from January 2020, has trained staff members in almost all categories, which would include our doctors, nurses, porters, drivers, lab technicians and even our administrative staff, which we want to be aware as well” Mr. Bent explained.