Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
Great News! The Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test is now covered on the NHFCard Programme.
Screening for prostate cancer is important and the new benefit will provide access to diagnostic test for men.
Who Can Benefit?
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Males 40 years old and over who are enrolled on the NHFCard programme can now access ONE Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test per year.
- The subsidy for the PSA test is set at $1,600.00 (per test).
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Maximum allowance is one (1) test per year.
Where to Access the PSA test with the NHFCard?
You can visit the following laboratories and more locations will be added over time.
Central Medical Laboratory:
2A MOLYNES ROAD, KINGSTON 10 • 14A OLD HOPE ROAD, KINGSTON 5 • SHOP 14, CARIB ARCADE, OCHO RIOS, ST. ANN • 22H OLD HOPE ROAD •
KINGSTON 5 • SHOP #13, 34 LADY MUSGRAVE ROAD, KINGSTON 5 • 7 SEASHORE PLACE, HARBOUR VIEW, KINGSTON 17 • 19 GORDON TOWN ROAD, KINGSTON 6 •
SHOP# 9, 24 DUNROBIN AVENUE, KINGSTON 10 • 119 HAGLEY PARK ROAD, KINGSTON 11 • 6 CALEDONIA AVENUE, KINGSTON 5 • 23 TANGERINE PLACE, KINGSTON 10 •
SHOP 37 WINCHESTER BUS CT, 15 HOPE ROAD, KINGSTON 10 • SHOP #29, BOULEVARD SHOPPING CENTRE, KINGSTON • SHOP# 3 (129 PRO) •
129 OLD HOPE ROAD, KINGSTON 6 • SHOP #28, 2 SEYMOUR PARK, KINGSTON 10 • 22 DEANERY ROAD, KINGSTON 3 • SHOP #10, OCEAN BOULEVARD, DOWNTOWN, KINGSTON •
SHOP# 10, PORTMORE PINES PLAZA, PORTMORE, ST. CATHERINE • 26-28 WELLINGTON STREET, SPANISH TOWN, ST. CATHERINE •
COASTAL & SURGICAL ASSOCIATED MED CENTRE, RICHMOND PRIORY, ST. ANN • 2 CHURCH STREET, BROWN'S TOWN, ST.ANN •
12 EVELYN STREET, OCHO RIOS, ST. ANN • 6 WINDSOR ROAD, ST.ANN'S BAY, ST. ANN •
Caledonia Medical Laboratory:
8A CALEDONIA AVENUE KINGSTON 5 • SUITE #21, WINCHESTER BUSINESS CENTRE, 15 HOPE RD - KINGSTON • 1 NORTH STREET, KINGSTON •
SHOP 12, 129 OLD HOPE ROAD KINGSTON 6 | SHOP #2, 2 SEYMOUR AVENUE KINGSTON 6 |8 WHITE CHURCH STREET, SPANISH TOWN- ST. CATHERINE •
4 MEGA WAY PORTMORE HOSPITAL COMPLEX, PORTMORE ST. CATHERINE • 6 PECK STREET LINSTEAD ST. CATHERINE •
14A QUEEN STREET, MORANT BAY, ST. THOMAS • UNIT #6, FERNLEIGH AVENUE, MAY PEN, CLARENDON •
Fleet Diagnostic Laboratory:
12B PREMIER PLAZA, KINGSTON 10
Data on Prostate Cancer Screening in Jamaica
- Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Jamaican Men.
- Only 28% of men over 40 years of age ever had a digital rectal examination done.
- Of the 5.1 % of men 40 years and older who were sent by healthcare professional for a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening test, only 1.9% of men in this age group report having done a PSA test.
Source: Health & Lifestyle Survey 111, MOH
