Portia simpson miller childrens hospital

A delegation from China is in the island to begin data collection to inform the proposed design of the Child and Adolescent hospital to be constructed in the Western section of the island.

The delegation met this morning with personnel from the Ministry of Health, the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the National Environment and Planning Agency at PIOJ to discuss the activities of the three week visit to the island.

This is in keeping with a request for technical cooperation from Prime Minister, Most Hon.

Portia Simpson Miller on her visit to China. As part of the Government’s priorities, the Prime Minister gave a commitment to building a modern, state of the art child and adolescent hospital to be located in the West.

Minister of Health, Dr. Fenton Ferguson had indicated that the hospital was needed as presently there is a requirement for children to be transferred to