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<p>The Jamaican Government has earmarked millions of dollars for the upgrading of health facilities in the parish of Clarendon.</p>
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<p>Health and Wellness Minister Dr
Christopher Tufton said that some $240 million has been approved for work at
the May Pen Hospital; $132 million for the May Pen West Health Centre; and
another $20 million for the Mocho clinic.</p>
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<p>He said that these projects are in
addition to the $200 million worth of work now under way at the Chapelton
Community Hospital through donor funds and government input, which will add
some 30 hospital beds to the parish.</p>
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<p>He said that the upgrading works form
“part of the continuum between primary and secondary healthcare” and will
better enable the parish’s health system to respond to the needs of citizens.</p>
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<p>Tufton was speaking at the recent
handover of a C-Arm machine, valued at $10 million, by the Government of Japan
to the May Pen Hospital.</p>
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