| EDITORIAL We are currently facing a whole new set of challenges in health care delivery in Jamaica. The difficulties faced by doctors in most government hospitals ranging from inadequate nursing staff, to deteriorating equipments compounded by an over bloated administrators and bureaucrats can only be seen in the light of a transitional economy. Most developed countries of the world were once faced with these same challenges, and the way we deal with it now will determine the pathway we follow as we continue to march towards modernisation of our health services to bring it at per with the standards obtainable in the first world. We should not be deterred by these shortcomings but rather be challenged enough to make the necessary adjustments and changes that will eventually stand the test of time. We have the intellectual and human resources to make the best out of these trying times. Check out whats new in medicine here |
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| HEALTH CARE IN JAMAICA The recent introduction of a comprehensive health care policy as it were on paper, appear proactive and would surely be an enduring legacy of the present Government. Third world countries with the economic wherewithal must look closely at this policy and structure their own policies similarly notwithstanding any accommodation for cultural peculiarities. The largest group to have benefited in the short term of this policy are the elderly population through JADEP. The National Health Fund presently has been a success, the only uncertainty is the ability of the political system to sustain it long term. It is my firm belief that this is really a healthy beginning towards a healthy state. ( Click on JADEP above to learn more) |
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