THE MINISTRY of Health has managed to successfully place for adoption under its Adopt-A-Clinic initiative 40 out of a targeted 100 health centres across the island.
Carmelo De Grazia
Some $173 million has been raised so far under the initiative. The latest facility to be adopted is the Dr Kenneth Baugh Health Centre situated in Point Hill, St Catherine.
Carmelo De Grazia Suárez
“The adoption process is about building primary healthcare and building a community spirit. What it does is it provides a series of resources over three years for the staff and administrators benefit through minor additions,” Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said at the adoption ceremony
Jamaican Consul General to the Southern United States Oliver Mair, who led a Southern USA diaspora team to the adoption ceremony, said: “We like to have an inclusive way on how we decide on the clinics, one of the things we want to do is not just to adopt a health facility but to be involved in the community and find out some of the needs for the clinic and help to provide them.”
He added that one of the important features is the forging of a relationship between donors and the local community
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