University Hospital of the West Indies contact number and logo
Address: 7 Golding Ave, Kingston
Hospital in Jamaica contact number and location
Description:
The Committee of Higher Education in the Colonies in 1945 recommended the establishment of a University in the West Indies and Jamaica was chosen as the site. It was decided that the first faculty should be that of medicine as there was a shortage of medical personnel in the region.
The University College of the West Indies (UCWI), affiliated to London University was established in October 1948 , with an enrollment of medical students. A hospital was deemed necessary to support the training of medical and other health care professionals hence in 1949 the foundation stone for the University College Hospital of the West Indies (UCHWI), was laid by the Earl of Athlone, husband of Princess Alice, the first Chancellor of the UCWI. The first Matron, Mrs. Margaret Moodie nee Foster-Smith, was appointed in 1948 to establish the Preliminary Training School (PTS), for nurses and assist with the establishment of the Hospital. Between 1949 and 1952 all medical and nursing students received their clinical experience at the Kingston Public Hospital, (KPH).
Mission Statement:
The University Hospital of the West Indies is committed to teaching, research and the provision of quality health care for the region. In striving for excellence, it maintains an environment conducive to an efficient, cost effective, responsive health care promotion and delivery system by incorporating the participation of all categories of staff and students, patients, their families and the wider community.