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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaican nurses going...nce ( RJR )...</span>
Eleven Jamaican nurses who work in the public health sector and their educators are to travel to Cuba to obtain practical experience in the area of Nephrology. Nephrology is the area of medicine that deals with malfunctions and diseases of the kidneys.Health Minister Rudyard Spencer says this forms part of plans to strengthen the dialysis programme in the public health sector.The nurses are slated to leave the country on January 19 and are expected to spend a week in Cuba.There are currently three dialysis centres in the public health sector located at the Kingston Public, Spanish Town and Cornwall Regional Hospitals.The Mandeville Regional Hospital will be officially launching its dialysis unit this month.And a review is showing that demand for dialysis services is growing.The Health Ministry has estimated that Jamaica has more than 1,100 patients in need of dialysis at any given time.According to the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008, there are approximately 150,000 people living with diabetes, which is a leading risk factor for kidney disease.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaican nurses going...nce ( RJR )...</span>
Eleven Jamaican nurses who work in the public health sector and their educators are to travel to Cuba to obtain practical experience in the area of Nephrology. Nephrology is the area of medicine that deals with malfunctions and diseases of the kidneys.Health Minister Rudyard Spencer says this forms part of plans to strengthen the dialysis programme in the public health sector.The nurses are slated to leave the country on January 19 and are expected to spend a week in Cuba.There are currently three dialysis centres in the public health sector located at the Kingston Public, Spanish Town and Cornwall Regional Hospitals.The Mandeville Regional Hospital will be officially launching its dialysis unit this month.And a review is showing that demand for dialysis services is growing.The Health Ministry has estimated that Jamaica has more than 1,100 patients in need of dialysis at any given time.According to the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008, there are approximately 150,000 people living with diabetes, which is a leading risk factor for kidney disease.