Measures will be put in place to improve security at the May Pen Hospital, including erecting perimeter fencing. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, addressing a meeting with staff of...

The Rotary Club of Santa Cruz, in St. Elizabeth, handed over an ambulance to the Jamaica Red Cross Society in the parish, on February 23, to boost its response to...

Residents in Greenwich Town, South West St. Andrew, and its environs, are to benefit from a new state-of-the-art health facility, the Oak Glades Health Centre, that has been constructed in...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has said that the Government is committed to meeting its obligations in the sector, through sound health policies and programmes. He pointed out that...

The Ministry of Health is reporting an increase in the incidence of gastroenteritis, malaria and dengue fever across the island, due largely to the prevailing drought conditions, and is looking...

An agreement was signed and ground broken Friday (February 19), for the development of the Old Hospital site, in Montego Bay, into a natural, recreational public space. Deputy General Manager,...

Head of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Lambert Ennis, is appealing to Jamaicans to donate blood for 24 children, ages three...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Mr. Michael Tucker, has cited strong support from several stakeholders, in its efforts to curb substance abuse in Jamaica. Speaking...

A ban on cigarette smoking will shortly be introduced within the entire designated area of Emancipation Square in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The Square will be the first Smokefree Square...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Mr. Michael Tucker, says the agency has been successful in heightening awareness of the dangers of substance abuse, through its...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Mr. Michael Tucker, is contending that drug abuse must be treated as more than a health challenge, in order to...