Healthcare for renal patients in the southern region of Jamaica has received a boost with the recent installation of eight new dialysis machines at the Mandeville Regional Hospital. The hospital serves approximately 900 renal patients annually from the parishes of Manchester, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth. The machines, valued at $23.1 million
Eight New Dialysis Machines Installed At Mandeville Regional Hospital
CHASE Fund Donates Printers to Infant Departments
Eleven early childhood institutions (ECIs) across the island have received multifunction printers, ink cartridges and paper donated by the CHASE Fund. The printers will enable schools to provide printed work as directed by the Ministry of Education, for distribution to children who do not have access to online materials during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
In five months of operation, the High Dependency Unit (HDU) at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is achieving its objective of lessening the burden on the recovery rooms and the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU).
With a 16-bed capacity, the HDU offers specialist nursing care and monitoring to seriously ill patients essentially operating as an intermediate level of care between what is provided on a general ward and the ICU.
High Dependency Unit Up and Running at KPH
CHASE Builds New Building for Wakefield Primary and Infant School
CHASE Project Manager, Latoya Aquart-Foster, speaks with Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton in front of the newly built infant department at the Wakefield Primary and Infant School in, Wakefield Buxon, St. Catherine.
Pathology Laboratory - Mandeville Regional Hospital
The Pathology Laboratory and storage unit at the Mandeville Regional Hospital was officially opened on December 17, 2020. The laboratory was established by CHASE in partnership with the Lions Club of Mandeville at a total cost of $83M.
Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre Gets Portable Ultrasound Machine
Chief Medical Officer at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, Dr. Rory Dixon (3rd right), explains the use of the portable ultrasound machine to (from left) Latoya Aquart-Foster, CHASE Project Manager; Johann Heaven, CEO, Proven Wealth; Kecia Taylor, Past Services Director, Rotary Club of St. Andrew North; Lori Chuck, Past President, Rotary Club of St. Andrew North; and Denise Harris, Chief Marketing Officer, C&WJ Credit Union
CHASE CEO, W. Billy Heaven look through the book, “Kingston: A Treasure of the Caribbean” with Maureen Thompson, Director General of the Jamaica Library Service and photographer Kent Reid.
CHASE Hands Over Book on Kingston to the Jamaica Library Service
Cardiology Unit Opened at Kingston Public Hospital
With the generous support of the CHASE Fund, the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is now able to provide various types of non-invasive echocardiography testing for cardiac patients at its new Cardiology Unit. The Unit was officially opened on Wednesday, Novemmber 20, 2019.
The Cambridge Infant School in St. James has been transformed with the construction of a new classroom block with funding from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund, (CHASE). The handing over ceremony of the new building, took place on Thursday, June 20, 2019.
CHASE Builds New Classrooms for Cambridge Infant School
Culture
libraries, archives, historic sites, documentation facilities, cultural activities, monuments, documentary film footage
Health
equipping and upgrading health facilities, training of personnel, cancer prevention, detection, treatment and care, kidney failure treatment, programmes for prevention of drug abuse, health care for the mentally challenge
Arts
local museums, cultural displays and exhibitions, training
Sports
develop dynamic leadership qualities in youth, sports development as part of national building
Education
building, upgrading and equipping of early childhood resource centres, support research, scholarships for specialists
