Eleanor Brown
Eleanor Brown has resigned as a board director of the Salada Foods Jamaica Limited, the company said in a stock market filing.
Her resignation took effect April 21.
Carroll Thorburn
Carroll Thorburn, having reached the stated retirement age of 80 years old, officially retired from his position as a director of the Capital and Credit Financial Group Limited (CCFG) as well as its subsidiaries Capital and Credit Merchant Bank Limited, Capital and Credit Remittance Limited, Capital and Credit Securities Limited, and Capital and Credit Fund.
CCFG said in a market filing that Thorburn's retirement took effect March 31.
President of the Western Medical Association (WMA), Dr Garfield Badal (second left), consultant paediatric surgeon and head of the department of paediatric surgery at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), is surrounded by members of the new WMA executive. Seated from left are: Dr Karen Dunbar, Dr Tecah Foster, and Dr Maroo Lwin. Standing from left are: Dr Selbourne Hemmings and Dr Douglas Street
The Western Medical Association (WMA) has a new 12-member executive, led by Dr Garfield Badal who was re-elected president.
Badal is a consultant paediatric surgeon and head of the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay.
WMA this year will offer up two scholarships of $20,000 each to needy students.
But the association's first order of business was the planning and staging of an ethics symposium in collaboration with the Medical Council of Jamaica.
"Based on recent controversial developments involving members of the medical
profession, we thought it necessary to bring all our members together at a symposium to revisit the core ethical issues that continue to affect our profession," said Badal in a statement.
The team
His team includes vice-president Dr Grace Hall, medical officer at the Falmouth hospital; secretary Dr Deron Reid; assistant secretary Dr Karen Dunbar; treasurer, Dr Maroo Lwin; assistant treasurer Dr Douglas Street; medical education coordinator, Dr Selbourne Hemmings; public relations, Dr Tecah Foster, and past president Dr Jacqueline Chambers.
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