Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is bemoaning the current shortage of optometrists and ophthalmologists in Jamaica and says time has come to engage in a conversation on solutions to satisfy the demands of the population. Dr Tufton.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaicans continue to benefit under the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme with 1,230 sight-saving procedures conducted since September 2023. The programme, which has been operating in Jamaica since 2010, resumed last September after being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, said that since the resumption, 368 cataract procedures have been performed,160 pterygium patients have been provided with surgical intervention, and another.
MONTEGO BAY, St James The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBBCI) is now exploring possible trade opportunities with its counterparts in Cuba.
A meeting on Wednesday between the di.
CUBA is prepared to supply more teachers to prop up the shortage of Jamaica's classroom talent if the Ministry of Education needs, the socialist country's senior envoy in Kingston has said.
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Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, says the ministry is nearing completion of its plan to transfer the operations of the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) to St Joseph's.