The Ministry of Health has put contingency measures in place to ensure the effective delivery to care at public hospitals, as doctors continue their industrial action. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr....

Jamaican women between 21 and 55 years of age are being encouraged to do their annual pap smear, in order to facilitate early detection and treatment if cancer is found....

Scores of Jamaicans now have a clearer vision of the future, having benefitted from the services offered by Cuban specialists under the Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Programme. This intervention has afforded...

The operational capacity of the Percy Junor Hospital in Spaldings, Manchester, has been boosted by the provision of additional medical equipment, valued at just over $2.3 million (C$25,868), by the...

The complement of ambulances in the public health system is being boosted by the provision of US$884,323 by the National Health Fund (NHF), to purchase 17 additional units. A contract...

MONTEGO BAY - Ground was, on Friday (March 22), broken to commence construction of a 47-bed female ward at the St. Ann's Bay Hospital, St. Ann, which forms part of...

MONTEGO BAY - The Ministry of Health is on a drive to improve oral health services across the island especially in underserved rural communities. Among the plans are the development...

Some 10,000 residents from 27 districts in east rural St. Andrew are benefitting from the recent upgrading and equipping of the Mavis Bank Health Centre. The facility was refurbished at...

The complement of ambulances in the public health system is being boosted by the provision of US$884,323 by the National Health Fund (NHF), to purchase 17 additional units. A contract...

A number of emergency personnel, who respond to traumatic situations, particularly major disasters, on Tuesday, March 19, benefited from training in Psychological First Aid (PFA). The workshop, hosted by the...

The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has injected funds into the upgrading and improvement of equipment and infrastructure at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), to improve the level of...