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Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), observes as Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre); and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi, sign an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement that will facilitate the provision of approximately US$36.16 million (250 RMB Yuan) in grant support to construct the Western Children’s Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James. The money is being provided by the Chinese Government. The signing took place at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in New Kingston on Thursday (October 18).

JAMAICA | China Provides US$36 Million to Build Western Ja's Children’s Hospital

KINGSTON, Jamaica October 19, 2018 - The proposed Children's and Adoloscent Hospital for Western Jamaica, first envisioned by former prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller, has been funded to the tune of approximately US$36.16 million (250 million RMB Yuan) from the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

October 19, 2018
Published in Health

JAMAICA | Timeline for completion of CRH Moves to August 2019

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 2, 2018 - The timeline for the completion of rehabilitative work on the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, has been pushed back to August of next year.

August 3, 2018
Published in Health

Opposition Leader Dr. Peter Phillips, says "the State of Emergency powers were not intended by the framers of our constitution to be employed over a lengthy period of time."

JAMAICA | PNP won't support further extensions to State of Emergency in St. James

KINGSTON, April 26, 2018 - The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has signalled that the upcoming extension of the State of Emergency will be the final one it supports, as "the State of Emergency powers were not intended by the framers of our constitution to be employed over a lengthy period of time."

April 26, 2018
Published in local news

People's National Party President Dr Peter Phillips addresses supporters at a meeting in Brandon Hill, St Andrew West Rural, Sunday night, where attorney-at-law Jennifer Housen was presented as the party's standard-bearer for the constituency.

JAMAICA | Opposition Leader Reiterates Call For Inquiry Into Cornwall Regional Hospital

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 22, 2018: Opposition Leader, Dr. Peter Phillips, has lambasted Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton for refusing to conduct an inquiry into the crisis at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH).

April 25, 2018
Published in local news

Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips wants an enquiry into the situation at Cornwall Regional Hospital

JAMAICA | Opposition Leader calls for public enquiry into Cornwall Regional Hospital

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips wants an independent public inquiry to determine the reason for the over one year delay between the recomendation by the technical team to evacuate the problem plagued building and the time that the evacuation actually took place.

April 19, 2018
Published in Health

JAMAICA | Delay in Evacuating Main Building at Cornwall Regional Hospital

KINGSTON, April 9, 2017 - The removal of patients from the main building at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James is expected to be completed today.

April 7, 2018
Published in Health

JAMAICA | Opposition wants explanation on Cornwall Regional's air quality woes

MONTEGO BAY, February 22, 2018 - Jamaica's Health Ministry is in a quandry, as it continues its efforts to discover what is at the root of the troubles that continue to affect the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, that has been in a state of virtual shutdown for nearly a year.

February 22, 2018
Published in Health

New 40-bed ward eases overcrowding at Cornwall Regional Hospital in MoBay

MONTEGO BAY, September 21, 2016 - In its ongoing efforts to improve on the delivery of healthcare, the Cornwall Regional Hospital has added a new 40-bed ward for medical patients.

September 20, 2016
Published in Health

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