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Transfusion error costs UHWI $7.6 million
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 23 12:20 AM
A woman mistakenly transfused with blood intended for another patient with the same first and last names at University Hospital of the West Indies (UH...
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63 schools rebuilt, 81 nearing completion, ministry reports
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US Coast Guard intercepts ship carrying fuel to Cuba
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US Coast Guard intercepts ship carrying fuel to Cuba
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The United States (US) Coast Guard says it has concluded the successful interdiction of a Motor Vessel (M/V) Grace f...
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Jamaican-American congresswoman urges Trump to end oil blockade on Cuba
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Jamaican-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has written to United States President Donald Trump and Sec...
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Lights out for Cuban students as blockade bites
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Trump says will not lift blockade until deal with Iran
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would not lift its blockade of Iranian ports until Tehran ha...
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US says nine vessels turned back in 48 hours of Iran port blockade
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Iran military warns it will block Red Sea if US naval blockade continues
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US forces seize ship in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade
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October 23, 2026
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