{"id":36432,"date":"2024-09-26T23:43:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T04:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=36432"},"modified":"2024-09-26T19:53:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T00:53:44","slug":"four-additional-health-centres-to-be-built-in-st-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/four-additional-health-centres-to-be-built-in-st-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Additional Health Centres To Be Built In St. James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica<\/p>\n<p>Residents of St. James are to benefit from the construction of four additional health centres in the parish.<\/p>\n<p>The project, to be funded by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost of $500 million, will see centres being built in Farm Heights, Norwood, Maroon Town and New Hampton, beginning January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by Parish Manager for the St. James Health Department, Lennox Wallace, during the St. James Municipal Corporation\u2019s recent monthly meeting.<\/p>\n<p>He further advised that repairs are slated to be carried out on existing health centres in the parish, where needed, to better serve the public.<\/p>\n<p>Among these, Mr. Wallace said is the Mafoota Health Centre, which he indicated \u201cwill receive much needed work\u201d, adding that, \u201cwe have been through the procurement process already, and the work will start in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Parish Manager further informed that supplementary repairs will be undertaken at health facilities serving Green Pond, Glendevon, Somerton, Mount Carey, Garland and Lottery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork is currently being done at the Green Pond Health Centre [and] will include an additional five rooms\u2026 [and] a pharmacy,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the St. James Type V Health Centre is to be expanded, as it continues to serve as the parish\u2019s health centre hub.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wallace said purchasing agreements for the neighbouring Montego Bay Ice Factory are almost complete, as they prepare to facilitate a five-floor administrative building on that property.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrades in the region will also include increased staff across health centres, and a 12-midnight closing time for the Catherine Hall Health Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are certain days that you have to go to the health centre to see a doctor\u2026 but people don\u2019t plan to get sick. So, the Ministry has created a course for us to employ doctors and nurses. So, any day that you go to a facility, you should be able to see a doctor without delay,\u201d Mr. Wallace pointed out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/four-additional-health-centres-to-be-built-in-st-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: medical-appointment<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica Residents of St. James are to benefit from the construction of four additional health centres in the parish. The project, to be funded by the National Health Fund (NHF)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":3032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[139,124],"class_list":["post-36432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-healthcaremedical","tag-jamaica"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-appointment-doctor-healthcare-Pixabay-pexels-e1713481653466.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-9tC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4978,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/cdb-approves-grant-for-agriculture-project-in-jamaica\/","url_meta":{"origin":36432,"position":0},"title":"CDB approves grant for agriculture project in Jamaica","author":"Michele Marius","date":"March 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will provide a grant of GBP974, 000 to the Government of Jamaica, to prepare a feasibility and design study for the development of an agriculture project for communities in the parishes of St. Catherine and Clarendon. 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