Safer blood - Transfusion Service to upgrade testing for early detection of diseases
THE NATIONAL Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) is to put in equipment which will allow it to detect HIV and other infections in donated blood within 12 days, halving the time it currently takes to do so...
Tearful farewell for 'tainted blood' victim
WALDERSTON, Manchester: JENNIFER BROWN, the woman who was infected with the HIV/AIDS-virus from contaminated blood she received at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) two years ago, was buried in the family plot at Spring Grove in Manchester yesterday.
British travel warning premature - JHTA boss
WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association (JHTA) Godfrey Dyer has described as premature, the British Foreign Office's travel advisory on Jamaica in the wake of the recent unrest in Flankers, Montego Bay.
Dairy processing equipment here
EQUIPMENT FOR the dairy processing plant planned for Old Harbour, south west St. Catherine, has arrived in the island and is being cleared from the wharf.
Stock market jumps
THE JAMAICA Stock Exchange (JSE) is reporting significant increases of over 90 per cent in trade volume and value in its nine-month report, over last year's performance.
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