The healthcare system in St. Lucia continues to deteriorate resulting from a combination political infighting, mismanagement, and deteriorating facilities including a fire which destroyed the St. Jude Hospital nine years ago. Despite continued protests and outcries from public figures and organizations, the current administration led by Prime Minister Chastanet seems insensitive to the urgency of … [Read more...]
Barbados Plugging the Nursing Brain Drain
Touched By An Angel Nursing Services - Barbados Barbados is suffering from the common dilemma throughout the region of nurses leaving the public health system for a variety of reasons, retirement, illness, frustration, career changes, and frequently for greener pastures and a host of other reasons. Unfortunately, those who are left behind are overworked due to manpower shortages resulting in “burn … [Read more...]
New Children’s Hospital for Western Jamaica
The governments of Jamaica and China yesterday signed an agreement for the construction of a new US$ 36M Children's Hospital in Montego Bay, St James. The facility will be the second children's hospital to be built in the island with the first being the Bustamante Children's Hospital in Kingston built in 1963, and will be the first new hospital constructed in the island since the May Pen Hospital … [Read more...]
FOR SALE
Private hospital located in the English-speaking Caribbean. Ideal for medical tourism or off-shore medical school. Owners are retiring and want to recoup their investment. Price: US$30 M (negotiable) Includes: 4 acres land & all buildings Dedicated multi-specialty physician group (family practice, pediatrics, general surgery, radiology, internal med, cardiology, ortho, neuro, etc.) 30 … [Read more...]