Dr Christopher Tufton

Prime Minister and leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, Andrew Holness

JAMAICA | People not impressed by Holness/JLP performance says RJR/Gleaner Poll

KINGSTON, March 8, 2018 - RJR - The findings of the latest RJR Gleaner Group Don Anderson poll has given Prime Minister Andrew Holness mixed reviews from the Jamaican population about his performance since taking office a little more than two years ago.

March 8, 2018
Published in Politics

Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), in discussion with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Percy Junor Hospital, Carlton Nichols (left), during a tour of the hospital, in Spaldings, Manchester, on June 24. At right is Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority, Wayne Chen.

Health minister wants to regularise telemedicine

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Health Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, says he plans to engage a telecommunications company, with a view to regularising telemedicine in local hospitals.

June 28, 2016
Published in Health

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left), in conversation with Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and consultant nephrologist, Dr. Curtis Yeats (centre) and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Smikle, during a tour of the medical records department of the Cornwall Regional Hospital, in Montego Bay, on April 28.

CRH Health staff doing a good job, says Tufton

MONTEGO BAY, APRIL 29, 2016- The Staff at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay have earned accolades from Minister of Health, Dr Christopher Tufton. “I think the staff – medical staff, nurses, doctors, the administrative staff - are doing an amazing job under very challenging circumstances,” said Dr Tufton, following an extensive tour of the hospital yesterday.

April 30, 2016
Published in Health

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Health minister wants to regularise telemedicine

CRH Health staff doing a good job, says Tufton