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Cornwall Regional Hospital is a public hospital in Montego Bay, Jamaica, located in the Mount Salem district. It is the main hospital in western Jamaica. The hospital is operated by the Western Regional Health Authority on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Jamaica. [1]
El Shaddai Medical Centre Jamaica; Gynae Associates Hospital (private) Heart Institute of the Caribbean; Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) Maxfield Park Medical Center; Medical Associates Hospital (private) National Chest Hospital (NCH) Nuttall Memorial Hospital (private) Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Center; St. Joseph's Hospital
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Jamaica Hospital for Children is a children's hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, located on Arthur Wint Drive in the Kingston 5 district of the city, near the national stadium Independence Park and the Bob Marley statue. It is the only children's hospital amongst English speaking nations in the Caribbean.
However, the institution was officially ratified on 21 December, 1776, when the Jamaica Assembly passed an Act (17 Geo. III c. 26) establishing the hospital. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The hospital was originally located at the intersection of East and North Streets in Kingston , where a small hospital designated for slaves was converted into a male hospital ...
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In 2007 two new surgical theatres were built at a cost of $350 million (in Jamaican dollars; $3.2 million US dollars). However, as of January 2014, the new theatres were used as office space for the hospital administration. All surgeries were still being performed in the old surgical facility, constructed in 1954.
Jamaica’s weak healthcare started back when Jamaica was still a colony that depended on slaves, and has been slowly improving ever since. Covid-19 and sickle cell have impacted Jamaica heavily, but their statistics continue to improve. Jamaica has gotten help from various countries and corporations to improve their healthcare system.