The enduring Usain Bolt statue on the Nationwide Stadium was illuminated on Thursday, September 25, to kick off Jamaica’s observance of World Coronary heart Week 2025, culminating on World Coronary heart Day, as we speak, September 29.
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The initiative promotes cardiovascular well being consciousness and encourages Jamaicans to undertake heart-healthy existence.
Minister of Tradition, Gender, Leisure and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who attended the lighting ceremony, described the occasion as a symbolic reminder of the center’s important position in each day life.
“This event is reflective of an athletic profession that has been a light-weight to the world, and a lighting up that brightens the deal with one of many physique’s most vital organs, the center,” she stated.
Minister Grange highlighted the urgency of this yr’s World Coronary heart Day theme, ‘Don’t Miss a Beat’, stressing that stopping coronary heart illness just isn’t a distant objective however a necessity as we speak.
“Stopping coronary heart illness just isn’t a future objective however a necessity—proper right here, proper now—to avoid wasting lives. It additionally encourages international participation in campaigns and actions geared toward decreasing untimely deaths from heart problems,” she acknowledged.
The Minister additional underscored the hyperlink between coronary heart well being and each day life, significantly in sports activities efficiency. “Being right here at Statue Park on the Nationwide Stadium, we’re reminded {that a} wholesome coronary heart is a prerequisite for sports activities efficiency,” she stated.
Minister Grange urged Jamaicans to let the illuminated statue function inspiration: “Let this statue, bathed in mild, encourage us to make our hearts stronger, our communities more healthy, and our nation brighter.”
She additionally recommended the Coronary heart Basis of Jamaica for its ongoing efforts to boost consciousness and promote preventative measures. “Your work, little question, contributes to the saving of lives and a more healthy Jamaica general. I want the Coronary heart Basis of Jamaica each success on this World Coronary heart Week and past,” she stated.
World Coronary heart Day, a worldwide initiative led by the World Coronary heart Federation, goals to extend consciousness of heart problems, the main explanation for demise worldwide. In Jamaica, the observance expands right into a week-long marketing campaign that includes public engagement actions, coordinated by the Ministry of Well being and Wellness in partnership with the Coronary heart Basis of Jamaica, and supported by a broad coalition of stakeholders together with non-public sector companions, well being professionals, educators, and neighborhood leaders.
