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In 1963, the KPH paediatric ward was transferred to the premises of the former British Military Hospital to establish the Bustamante Hospital for Children. [5] Since then, KPH has evolved into the largest multidisciplinary hospital in the Government Health Service as well as the largest trauma centre in the public hospital system. [6]
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; University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH)
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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.
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Victoria Jubilee Hospital (initially known as the Victoria Jubilee Lying-In Hospital) was founded in 1891 and opened to the public in 1892 in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] The current facility, the largest maternity hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean, features 248 beds and delivers around 8,000 babies annually.
The infirmary was separated from the workhouse and was renamed the Kingston Infirmary in 1902. [2] It became the Kingston and District Hospital in 1920 and a larger nurses' home was opened by the Duchess of York in 1928. [2] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and began to redevelop the site the following year. [2]
A mother claimed that it took going to court to "free" her child from the hospital after "alleging neglect." [6] Twenty-two years later the removal of Kingston's Medical Superintendent became a public matter. [7] [8]