Greater than 13,000 residents from Inexperienced Pond and surrounding communities in St. James are accessing main healthcare in additional spacious and comfy environment, following the completion of renovations on the Inexperienced Pond Well being Centre.
This work was accomplished at a price of $30 million below the Authorities’s Operation Refresh initiative.
It included growth of the constructing to supply air-conditioned medical data and session rooms, enclosing the principle ready space and putting in air con, erecting perimeter fencing, paving of the automobile park, normal portray and extra.
Inexperienced Pond Well being Centre supplies maternal and little one healthcare, together with antenatal, postnatal, little one well being, and household planning, in addition to wound care and dressing providers to residents of Inexperienced Pond, Farm Heights, Porto Bello Mews and Cornwall Courts.
Well being and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in his tackle on the official reopening of the ability on Thursday (January 16), knowledgeable that it’s the thirteenth well being centre in St. James to learn from enchancment works below Operation Refresh.
He famous that the initiative goals to revitalise Jamaica’s 325 well being centres, with 30 extra services already earmarked for work over the subsequent two months.
The target, the Minister mentioned, is to encourage extra individuals to entry preventative healthcare providers at their neighborhood well being centres to cut back the burden on hospitals.
“Our bodily services have to be in a greater situation. They should look wholesome; they should look the half and play the half as we encourage the neighborhood to get extra concerned [and utilise the facilities],” he mentioned.
“We’re principally bringing higher credibility to healthcare on the neighborhood stage,” he added, noting that 300 further medical doctors are being recruited to serve the sector.
Further enhancements on the Inexperienced Pond Well being Centre will embody an on-site pharmacy and elevated entry to medical medical doctors, who will present providers from Monday to Friday.
For his half, Parish Supervisor for St. James Well being Companies, Lennox Wallace, reiterated the dedication to increasing providers on the Inexperienced Pond Well being Centre and different services within the parish.
He identified that St. James has been a focus for well being centre upgrades below Operation Refresh, with latest enhancements made to services in Barrett City, Flanker, Catherine Corridor, Granville, Cambridge, and Catadupa.
Furthermore, Mr. Wallace famous the numerous investments in medical gear, together with 9 brand-new dental chairs.
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Company, Councillor Richard Vernon, famous the significance of accessible and well-equipped neighborhood well being centres in fostering a wholesome and productive inhabitants.
He mentioned that main healthcare services are vital in selling sustainable growth by offering important providers in distant areas and applauded the dedication of well being employees in serving to to advance the sector.
