MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the policy of free access to health care is a right that every Jamaican should be able to enjoy, regardless of financial status.

Addressing St Ann business leaders and medical practitioners at the opening of the expanded operating theatre and the renovated male surgical ward as well as the handing over of an ambulance at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital on Friday, Holness said he is aware that the policy has brought on added pressure on the public health system with more persons now seeking treatment at hospitals.

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