ISSA Foundation Donates US $2 Million Worth of Supplies to Health Sector

Pharmaceutical and medical supplies valued at approximately US$2 million have been donated to the public health sector by the Issa Trust Foundation.

The list of items includes intravenous fluid, antibiotics, medication, disposable gloves and gowns, casting tape, irrigation syringes (without needles), adult and child fingertip pulse oximeters, and table top autoclaves.

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, who received the items during a ceremony held on Friday (January 15) at the Kingston Public Hospital, thanked the Issa Trust Foundation for the generous contribution.

“We welcome this gift with open arms,” he said.

Chairman of the Foundation, Paul Issa, said that the body is pleased to assist in improving the country’s health care sector.

“We are very thrilled to work with the Ministry of Health to try to close some of the gaps,” he stated.

In his remarks, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, said the donation is “significant” and will go a far way in providing much-needed supplies to the country’s medical centres.

The donation involved collaboration with the California-based non government organisation, Direct Relief.

The items, which are being stored at the National Health Fund’s (NHF) warehouse, will be packaged and distributed to the Ministry’s four Regional Health Authorities for dissemination among the hospitals and medical centres in the health regions.

Established in 2005, the Issa Trust Foundation focuses on health prevention, promotion, and education, as well as on the improvement of medical services in Jamaica.

The Foundation will continue to partner with Direct Relief to make quarterly donations of medical supplies to the island’s health facilities.