Bustamante Children's Hospital

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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.HistoryThe Bustamante Hospital for Children was established in 1963 and has serves approximately 35,887 outpatients and 70,331 casualties per year. It has 283 including 5 ICU beds. It was a former British Military Hospital but was transformed into a children's hospital after the British left in 1962 (gifted by British government following Jamaica's independence) and was named after the then Prime Minister, Sir Alexander Bustamante.ServicesThe hospitals services available includes: General Medicine Cardiology Neurology Asthma Respiratory ailments Nephrology Dermatology Rheumatology General Surgery Neurosurgery Orthopedics Urology Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) Plastic and Burns Ophthalmology The hospital also has a Medical Social Worker programme providing counseling to children.

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