Health
Dialysis machines, valued $13 million, donated to Spanish Town Hospital
Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2022 - 15:38
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On Wednesday (September 14), the Transport Authority, in partnership with the National Health Fund (NHF), handed over three brand new...
Four minutes to save a life: Learn CPR
Posted: Friday, August 26, 2022 - 11:34
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This was the message from Director of Emergency Cardiac Care at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) Dr. Hugh Mark Wong, as he addressed a...
Caribbean lab techs trained to detect monkeypox - PAHO
Posted: Monday, July 18, 2022 - 21:32
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During the activity, participants received hands-on instruction in molecular detection - real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) – of the...
Prescription Plus boost for Old Harbour firefighters
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2022 - 16:37
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At a handing over ceremony this morning, the drug-dispensary company donated a modern NordicTrack Z 1300i treadmill valued in excess of $180,...
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Marlie Mount Primary past student ‘100% on Jamaica’ educators with TagHeart Foundation
Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2022 - 10:28
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But in the last few years she and husband Mark McTaggart, who is an avionics engineer, saw themselves branching out on their own.
In...
Jamaican-born infectious disease expert Dr. Upton Allen keynote speaker for JDTAN Health Summit
Posted: Thursday, July 7, 2022 - 11:16
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The summit, led by Jamaica Diaspora Health Taskforce, will be held at George Brown College Waterfront Campus, from August 29-31, 2022.
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Man in Clarendon first confirmed monkeypox case in Jamaica
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - 17:35
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With this in mind Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said, at an emergency press conference confirming the first case, he...
No decision on e-prescribing – Pharmacy Council of Jamaica
Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2022 - 11:40
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Council members – made up of pharmacists and pharmacy owners – have sought clarification from the governing body in light of the health...
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1986 Old Harbour Secondary Head Girl Eugena Clarke-James officially CEO of May Pen Hospital
Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 17:52
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This was confirmed in a bulletin to staff by the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA).
For almost a decade Clarke-James was the...
Jamaica not ‘ceding authority to the WHO’
Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 16:26
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“The Ministry of Health & Wellness team confirms that there are no conference papers tabled on any decisions for countries ceding...