St. Ann's Bay Hospital To Benefit From Panasonic Golf Classic

The St Ann’s Bay Hospital and Sandals Foundation Junior Golf Academy will be the beneficiaries of the second staging of the re-launched Panasonic Golf Classic slated for the Sandals Golf Country Club in Upton on November 18-20...read more

NERHA Responds to Incident Involving Doctor and a Patient at St. Ann Health Department

The Management of the North East Regional Health Authority does not condone the verbal or physical abuse of our staff and at the same time is committed to providing quality health care to all our patients...read more

Issa Trust Foundation's 7th Medical Mission

The Issa Trust Foundation, the non-profit organisation established by Couples Resorts in 2005, in collaboration with a team of health professionals led by Stacy McConkey of the University of Iowa Children's Hospital and the Ministry of Health, provided a series of free medical clinics targeting children in the parish of St Mary from September 13 to 20...read more

Authorities deny claim that hospital owes ambulance contractors

NERHA has dispelled rumours that the Annotto Bay Hospital is indebted to private ambulance contractors...read more

“Talk to me! Breastfeeding a 3-D Experience”

This year Jamaica celebrates National Breastfeeding Week from September 18-23 under the theme “Talk to me! Breastfeeding a 3-D Experience”. Breastfeeding is generally seen in two dimensions: Place and time...read more

Message from Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer. "World No Tobacco Day 2011."

This year’s observance of World No Tobacco Day is focusing on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Jamaica is a signatory to the Convention. We ratified the Convention in 2005...read more

Modern surgical techniques outlined at Laparoscopic Seminar

The topic of laparoscopic surgery was extensively discussed at the seventh Laparoscopic Seminar, held at the Robins Bay Hotel in St. Mary, on May 29. Laparoscopic surgery is a modern surgical technique in which operations...read more

St. Ann youths get public health training

Some 22 youth workers in St. Ann are participating in a training course that should see them gaining certification in the field of Community and Environmental Health...read more

“Ministry of Health Urges Continued Vigilance Against Influenza Infection"

The Ministry of Health is reminding members of the public that the region is still in the post pandemic stage of the Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak... read more

“Medical Partners of NERHA shares article from University of Iowa Children's Hospital "

The University of Iowa Children's Hospital has some of the best specialty departments in the nation, rankings released by U.S. News & World Report show... read more

“Governor General visits Annotto Bay Hospital "

The Annotto Bay Hospital can now proudly boast that they are the only hospital in the island that has a combination Infant Incubator and Ventilator... read more

“St. Ann Celebrates Move for Health Day 2011"

Can you dance Dinki Mini? Well the Dinki Mini Competition was just one of the few highlights at St. Ann’s Move for Health Day 2011... read more

“Health Minister Appeals for Healthier Lifestyle Practices "

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer is appealing to Jamaicans to observe healthy lifestyle practices to reduce their risk of having Chronic Non Communicable illnesses... read more

“'Be alert'... Health Month kicks off in St Mary"

RESIDENTS OF St Mary are set to benefit from a series of screening and health information, as the North East Regional Health Authority last Friday launched Health Month... read more

Commendation Receiveed From Office of Contractor General

It is with great pride that we celebrate and congratulate Mr. Ainsworth Buckeridge and the Procurement Team for the exemplary commendation they have received from the Office of the Contractor-General (OCG) for the procurement practices between April 2010 and June 2010..."read more

Mrs. Linda Sutherland-Hines, Director of Nursing at the Port Maria Hospital received Governor General’s Achievement Awards, Tuesday November 16, 2010

Go to www.google.com and type in the name of Linda Sutherland-Hines and see what comes up. It will make you beam with pride to know that you work in an organization with this wonderful, kind, altruistic, professional..."read more

More help coming for St Ann's Bay Hospital

The ST Ann's Bay Hospital received a facelift on Labour Day, as the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association's (JHTA) Ocho Rios/Runaway Bay Chapter extended a helping hand..."read more

A little hospital doing big things

DR Nadine Bourg perhaps summed it up best: "It is a humble little hospital..."read more

Health professionals lauded

AN AMERICAN-based nursing group that is in the island to observe Jamaica's health services has high praises for local health professionals...read more

Awards from MOH

St Mary received two awards from Ministry of Health...read more

St Ann's Bay Hospital gets high-dependency unit

Staff at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital are now better able to care for critically ill patients through the establishment of a High Dependency Unit at the facility...read more

Bashy Bus

By September 2010, 15,000 vulnerable adolescents and young people will be equipped with knowledge and skills to prevent HIV and unplanned pregnancies...read more