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Angella Whitter (second right), managing director of the Whitter Group of Companies, with representatives of three St James-based charity groups that collectively received $500,000 in donations from Whitter Village in Ironshore, St James. Also pictured (from left) are Joy Crooks, nurse administrator of the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill; Jacqueline Wilson, matron of the St James Infirmary; and Sandra Henry, operations manager of the Open Heart Charitable Mission.
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Three charity organisations that cater to St James’ less fortunate residents have been given good reason to sing praise this Christmas as the Whitter Group of Companies donated a combined sum of J$500,000 on Monday to support their operations.
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Gloria Henry, president of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), is calling for the establishment of a field hospital in Montego Bay to supplement the scaled-down services being offered by the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), which has been undergoing major restoration after a noxious-fumes issue emerged in 2016.
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Montego Bay being a critical hub in both the tourism and outsourcing sectors, Henry feels that with CRH not functioning at full capacity, it is critical to strengthen the existing situation to handle whatever situation might emerge.
“I would suggest that they set up one of the field hospitals we have heard about here [in Montego Bay], to provide additional capacity for the west and to support the existing situation at the CRH,” said Henry, while speaking at Friday’s