[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 3-1-2021] With the public health sector under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has indicated that over 70 nurses at the University Hospital of the West Indies have been lured by overseas recruiting agencies since January. The roundup of the nurses by foreign countries has had a devastating blow to the public … [Read more...]
UHWI A Fire Hazard – Ageing Hospital Not Fit To Get Fire Certificate
[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 10-18-2020] For more than a decade, the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), the Caribbean region’s premier teaching medical institution, has been operating in breach of Jamaica’s fire safety standards. The revelation comes as the hospital faced an emergency scare last week in its Accident and Emergency Department and as policymakers come under criticisms … [Read more...]
Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health opens in Kingston
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 10-18-2020] The Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health (C-TECH) has officially launched independent operations, in Kingston, expanding over 17 years of healthcare programming within Jamaica and the region. C-TECH holds strong expertise in implementing innovative HIV prevention, care and treatment programmes and has now broadened its scope to combat … [Read more...]
Jamaica: Health Insurance For Tourists Come November 1
[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 10-2-2020] Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says come November 1, the Government will be launching an end-to-end health insurance, repatriation and logistics programme for all tourists coming to Jamaica. Bartlett said the programme is aimed at guaranteeing the health security and safety of tourists who fly to Jamaica, ensuring a comfortable and seamless … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care delivery in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (Part 5)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-20-2020] A holistic approach to health care delivery in Jamaica will require a comprehensive re-evaluation and transformation of our health systems, recognising that we are experiencing an epidemiologic transition with significant impacts on human capital and national development. A vision for effective health care delivery in the new dispensation must include … [Read more...]
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