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Health care in Jamaica is free to all citizens and legal residents at the public hospitals and clinics. This, in theory, includes the cost of prescribed medication. There are long queues at public health facilities. [6] An audit in 2015 identified shortages of manpower, equipment, medications, wheelchairs, stretchers, gloves, beds, and other ...
Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) 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)
V. Victoria Jubilee Hospital. Categories: Buildings and structures in Jamaica by type. Hospitals by country. Medical and health organisations based in Jamaica. Hospitals in the Caribbean by country. Hospitals in North America by country.
In its 2000 assessment of world health systems, the World Health Organization found that France provided the "best overall health care" in the world. [126] In 2005, France spent 11.2% of GDP on health care, or US$3,926 per capita. Of that, approximately 80% was government expenditure.
The Medical Council of Jamaica is the licensing body for doctors in Jamaica . Doctors in Jamaica are required to take continuing medical education courses to keep their licences. [1] [2] In 2004, amendments to the country's Medical Act (Jamaica) increased the number of non-doctors on the council. [3]
Kingston Public Hospital is a 475-bed hospital located on North Street in Kingston. It is the largest hospital of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. [7] The institution offers a variety of services including: diagnostic imaging; laboratory services; physiotherapy; physical rehabilitative services; dietary services; radiotherapy ...
Jamaica Red Cross. Categories: Medical and health organizations by country. Organisations based in Jamaica by subject. Healthcare in Jamaica. Medical and health organisations based in the Caribbean by country. Medical and health organizations based in North America by country. Medicine in Jamaica.
Hospital accreditation is required in order to be eligible for Medicare patient coverage. [2] Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) International [50] Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - based in the United States [51] American Accreditation Commission International (AACI) - based in the United States.