BVI Health

applies to visitors to the BVI, as well. For us, the focus is on patient and quality.” When Baptiste came aboard to run the BVIHSA, two of her major objectives were to oversee the transition into the new state-of-the-art, Peebles Hospital facility, and, at the same time, to im- plement the National Health Insurance scheme, which has allowed an additional 30 to 35 percent of the Territory’s islanders to be covered, provid- ing them with access to healthcare services. Now that those first two priorities have been accom- plished, she is moving toward her third mandate: assuring accreditation for the Territory’s health- care system. THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY