Nuttall Memorial Hospital

admit patients to the Nuttall facility. “We have Consultant Surgeons who have admitting privileges here,” says Levers. “An arbitrary doctor who doesn’t have privileges here cannot admit you here unless he or she has approved admitting privileges. You are basically his patient who we are hosting. We provide nursing services, accommodation and so forth, and the surgeon is in charge of your medical care. He’s not an employee of the hospital, but he has a partnership with us. We don’t pay him fees, he doesn’t pay us fees. That cost is borne by the patient or an insurance company for both the surgeon and for the hospital and that’s basically where the hospital earns the bulk of its revenue.” The next major earner is its X-ray department. Mr. Levers advises that “Our accident and emergency unit is where patients are brought in after an accident for treatment, or those who are ill and require medical attention. We promote both our A&E and our X-ray units because those two units (which work in tandem) are where the general public are able to actually just walk in and patronize.” Nuttall also has a partnership with the Jamaica Defence Force, which is just around the corner from the hospital. “We have an association with them and our X-ray department because all their recruits go through certain required tests and they come to Nuttall for their required X-rays,” Levers says. “Because we get a large volume of business, we give them special terms, and the relationship is beneficial for both parties.” Once renovations are complete and the hospital is on better financial footing, the hospital will expand its partnerships with surgeons into additional areas such as orthopedics and pediatrics. Levers shares, “We want to vertically integrate into pediatric services eventually because, right now, after birth at our Maternity ward you’re out of here and if you get sick, more than likely you will go to Bustamante (Hospital for Children), which is the only pediatric hospital PLAY WITH CONFIDENCE Don't let stress leaks affect your game! Use MoliCare Incontinence products. MoliCare is Super Absorbent, Discreet and Reliable MoliCare is gentle on your skin, breathable and neutralizes odours before anyone even knows they were there. Not all incontinence products are created equal and not all of them will work perfectly for you! If discretion, comfort and super leakage protection is important to you, try MoliCare Incontinence Products. Click this ad to learn more Distributed by: www.medicalproductsjamaica.com NUTTALL MEMOR I AL HOSP I TAL