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Taking Flight … Money, Benefits, Quality Of Life Causing Docs., Nurses To Flee Jamaica After Training

When 23-year-old medical student Aujae Dixon graduates next year, he intends to stay and work in Jamaica for the long haul. He doesn’t expect the same for most of the class of 2017. “A lot of persons just plan to […]

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Health authorities slam ‘irresponsible’ reporting on dead babies

A joint statement from the Chairman of South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) Philip Armstrong and Senior Medical Officer (SMO) of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) Dr Orville

Jamaica: Sick Hospital!

More than half of the medical and administrative services at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) have now been seriously impacted by noxious fumes believed to have been triggered by

No More Plastic Bags In Jamaica Soon?

It seems Jamaica is moving closer to banning not only Styrofoam containers, as fellow CARICOM member nation Guyana has done, but plastic bags as well. The Senate recently approved

More Dead Babies In Jamaica; Probe Underway

Jamaica’s Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has ordered an investigation into the deaths of four newborns at the island’s leading maternity hospital, Victoria Jubilee Hospital, after The Sunday

Jamaica health ministry targets medical tourism sector

The ministry of health is aiming to attract over 100,000 medical tourists to Jamaica within the next ten years. Director of policy planning and development in the ministry, Howard

Jamaica Hoping To Get A High From Cannabis Tourism

Jamaica is trying to cash in on the multi-billion-dollar health and wellness tourism sector that several Caribbean countries are turning to in order to boost visitor numbers, but

Jamaica to develop national health insurance scheme

The National Health Fund (NHF) has been tasked with the responsibility of developing a national health insurance scheme to fund the public healthcare system in Jamaica. NHF chairman, Christopher

Jamaica In Worldwide Zika Virus Vaccine Trials

Jamaica will soon be participating in clinical trials to find a vaccine to treat the mosquito-borne Zika Virus. Minister of Health Dr. Christopher Tufton says the island’s participation is

Tax on Sugary Drinks in Jamaica?

BY ANIKA RICHARDS [/quote-left] THE Ministry of Health is exploring the possibility of a special consumption tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in order to tackle what Health Minister Dr

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