I am using this medium to share with you about our upcoming Special Needs Conference which will be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, April 11-14, 2012. One of the primary objectives of this event is to bring together all the local, regional and US organizations that are providing services to this special needs population, so as to create awareness for those who require the services.

Horace Burey and Arieta Martin topped the third staging of the Portland National Health Fund 5k at Folly Port Antonio Sunday afternoon in seventeen minutes five seconds (17 minutes 05 seconds) and nineteen minutes fifty one seconds (19 minutes 51 seconds) respectively.

The shortage of doctors in the Public Health Services continues to plague the St. Thomas Health Department.  
At the monthly meeting of the St. Thomas Parish Council, last Thursday, the Chief Medical Officer of the parish, Dr. D'Oyen Smith, said in order to ease the shortage facing the sector, assistance has had to be sought from the Princess Margaret Hospital, and from private doctors operating within the parish.  

Since its inception in 1975, the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) has been transforming lives and making the future brighter for youngsters with varying types of developmental disabilities.

A new medical practice has opened in the Digicel (Errol Chung) plaza.  The Davis Gynae & Family Care practice is open Mon to Fri and on the 2nd and 4th Sat of every month.