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700,000 JAMAICANS TO BENEFIT FROM DONATION OF SURGICAL EQUIPMENT BY CHASE FUND

More than 700,000 Jamaicans in the parishes of St. Elizabeth, Manchester and Clarendon are benefitting from improved access to healthcare through the donation of $32 million by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund for the acquisition of surgical equipment for health facilities in the Southern Regional Health…

CHASE FUND PROVIDES $50 MILLION TO EQUIP BASIC SCHOOLS WITH PPEs AND OTHER SUPPLIES

The country’s early-childhood institutions have benefited from much-needed support to better enable them to operate within the health and safety guidelines stipulated by the Government to reduce transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Through funding of $50 million from the CHASE Fund, basic schools across the island have been equipped with…

Eight New Dialysis Machines Installed At Mandeville Regional Hospital

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…