Newsletter – 2024

NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITIES “Life is about creating new opportunities,not waiting for them to come to you.” – Salma Hayek Hello everyone!! Hi Everyone! I know it’s been a while. It has been a busy year, but we are back to provide a full review of all you missed in 2023. Before that, we wish you all a Happy New Year …

Bustamante Hospital gets peritoneal dialysis machines

Latoya Aquart-Foster (right), project manager, CHASE Fund, looks at the dialysis machine with (from left) Beverley Senior Berry, director of nursing services; Anthony Wood, CEO of Bustamante Hospital for Children; Dr Colin Abel; Dr Sandrica Young Peart, consultant paediatrician and paediatric nephrologist at Bustamante Hospital; Dr Maolynne Miller, chairperson of Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation (JKKF), and Michelle Finnikin Campbell, acting …

Major focus on the kidney this week

MONTEGO BAY, St James — This week is being observed as World Kidney Awareness Week, and the renal dialysis unit at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) has planned a host of activities geared at raising awareness of chronic kidney disease and renal failure. This year’s World Kidney Awareness Week is being observed from March 5-11, with World Kidney Day celebrated on …

More J’cans developing chronic kidney disease

Nephrologist urges persons to adopt healthier diet, lifestyle to avoid illness An estimated 300,000 Jamaicans, or about 10 to 12 per cent of the population, suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD), with many more not knowing that they have the illness. An estimated 300,000 Jamaicans, or about 10 to 12 per cent of the population, suffer from chronic kidney disease …