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This is a list of hospitals in Barbados. Bayview Hospital - Bayville, Saint Michael; Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) - Bridgetown; The Sparman Clinic - Belleville, Saint Michael; The Premiere Surgical Centre- Belleville, Saint Michael
There are private medical clinics, including the Sandy Crest Medical Centre on the west coast, and the FMH Emergency Medical Clinic, just outside Bridgetown. The Barbados Psychiatric Hospital is located in Black Rock, Bridgetown. The Ministry of Health & Wellness also operates the Barbados Drug Service which provides a pharmacy service for the ...
Originally the St. Joseph hospital was owned by the Roman Catholic church in Barbados. The hospital has become a political football between the two dominant Barbadian parties. On January 19, 1986, the hospital was closed by the then BLP-led Government of Barbados over the claim that the institution was losing money. Thereafter, following a ...
In 2006 it was stated that the Government of Barbados was spending $112 million (US$56 million) annually running the hospital. In 2008 the former Minister of Health Dr. Jerome Walcott said that the current hospital which is over 40 years old should be replaced by a new state of the art hospital complex. He classified it as nonsensical to spend ...
The American University of Barbados School of Medicine (AUB), founded in 2011, is a private medical school with its main campus in Wildey, Barbados. [1] When it opened in January 2012, it was the first offshore private medical school in Barbados , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] started as a branch of Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, based in Lucknow ...
Visa requirements for Barbadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Barbados.As of 2025, Barbadian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 165 countries and territories, ranking the Barbadian passport 21st in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Ultra-high temperature processing (UHT), ultra-heat treatment, or ultra-pasteurization [1] is a food processing technology that sterilizes liquid food by heating it above 140 °C (284 °F) – the temperature required to kill bacterial endospores – for two to five seconds. [2]
In 1983, the Barbados parliament passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, decriminalizing abortion. [3] Billie Miller, the first woman to serve as minister of health in Barbados, campaigned for seven years to encourage her colleagues to decriminalize medical care for women. [3]