* An Emergency Field Hospital by the Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, is now in operation at the Black River High School in St. Elizabeth. It will provide extensive medical services and support to the surrounding areas that were devastated. More than 60 people, including experienced members of the organisation’s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) are volunteering at the field hospital.
* More than 70 Medical professionals from Spain are now stationed at the emergency field hospital established at the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny. The field hospital, which began operations on November 6, has the capacity to treat an average of 200 persons per day, and to perform up to seven major and 15 minor surgeries daily.
* And the Ministry of Health of Wellness through the Samaritan’s Purse International Relief opened a field clinic in Whitehouse, Westmoreland. The facility provides well-needed medical services to the area and its environs after Hurricane Melissa damaged the original clinic. It will be staffed by the local team of health workers in the parish.