Hospitals in Jamaica comprise a novel
medical experience along with a warm and friendly
atmosphere can be found in
Kingston or
Montego Bay. The payments for health care are made by the health insurance companies or by the patients themselves. The doctors working in the hospitals and the general physicians get substantial additional income through
private practice.
There are two main hospitals in Jamaica. These are:
- Bustamante Hospital for Children, Kingston
- University Hospital West Indies, Kingston
Apart from these two main ones there are many other hospitals in Jamaica. Though free medical facilities in the island are limited there are
small public hospitals in each
parish in Jamaica. The list below gives the names of the other hospitals in Jamaica.
- Andrews Memorial Hospital 27 Hope Road (10), , Jamaica - (876) 926-7401
- Chinese Sanitarium 2 North Street, , Jamaica - (876) 922-2735
- Emergency Medical Services-Medical Associates Hospital 18 Tangerine Pl (10), , Jamaica - (876) 926-1400
- Hope Institute Elletson Flats (7), , Jamaica - (876) 927-2111
- Hospice Pain Center 7 Laws Street, , Jamaica - (876) 922-2465
- Labor Of Love 136 Barbican Road (8), , Jamaica - (876) 905-1447
- Medical Associates Hospital & Medical Centre 18 Tangerine Pl (10), , Jamaica - (876) 926-1400
- Norwood Medical Centre 9 Norwood Avenue (5), , Jamaica - (876) 929-0151
- Nuttal Memorial Hospital 6 Caledonia Avenue (5), , Jamaica - (876) 926-2139
- Nuttal Memorial Hospital 14 Old Hope Road (5), , Jamaica - (876) 926-6409
- St Joseph Hospital 22 Deanery Road (3), , Jamaica - (876) 928-4955
Apart from these there are many branches of the
University Hospital of West Indies in Jamaica. The hospitals in Jamaica provide medical and nursing facilities which are up to the mark. The two big hospitals are only in Kingston. But the smaller hospitals are thoroughly satisfactory in their medical services to the natives as well as the tourists.
