The Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) and the Regional Office under the management of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) received additional bandwidth sponsored by the Universal Service Fund (USF).
Under a three-year contract signed on Tuesday (February 18, 2020) at the KPH’s boardroom, the USF will be making monthly payments of US$1,950 for increased bandwidth service at the institutions.
The hospitals and the regional office are currently experiencing slow service, which has affected the efficient use of information systems and the transfer of scanned images and laboratory tests.
With the support, bandwidth to SERHA will move from 10 megabytes (MB) per second to more than 100 MB per second, while service to KPH and VJH will increase from two MB per second to 60 MB per second.