Business View Caribbean | December 2019

59 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN DECEMBER 2019 maternity unit, 24-hour accident and emergency unit, outpatient clinic, dental clinic, imaging and laboratory services, pharmacy, and more. Business View Caribbean spoke recently with Herman Wade, AMH Marketing Manager, about the evolution, current projects, and future outlook for this outstanding healthcare facility. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation. BVC: Congratulations on the 75th anniversary of Andrews Memorial Hospital. Can you share an overview of the recent evolution of the facility? Wade: “Thank you. It is a significant milestone. As an unattached hospital in Jamaica, I believe we have made quite an impact on the island and the region, in general, as a small hospital with a unique offering to the general public. This is my third year as Marketing Manager. When I joined in 2017, most of the facilities that were here are still here and we have subsequently taken on a few additional services, including lithotripsy – a non-invasive procedure that uses ultrasound shock waves to break up kidney stones without surgery. “We’ve also added a cardiovascular service, where we focus primarily on limb preservation. Persons with diabetes and high blood sugar tend to have obstructions in their cardiovascular circulation and sometimes the prescription is for amputation. We’ve been able to have an intervention to restore circulation and prevent amputation and our clients are quite pleased. We are currently building out a catheterization lab for heart patients. We will be launching that service early in 2020. And we’re also in a pretty advanced stage of opening an Intensive Care Unit. Both will be new services to the hospital and were needed in the general corporate area and in Jamaica. Currently they are only offered by university hospitals or national hospitals. So, as a private institution, we think this will make quite an impact in the medical marketplace.” ANDREWS MEMOR I AL HOSP I TAL LTD .