Business View Caribbean | December 2019

63 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN DECEMBER 2019 ANDREWS MEMOR I AL HOSP I TAL LTD . we have our outreach efforts. “Because we are a Christian institution, we use the opportunity to pray for our patients and to offer counselling and we are usually quite heartened by the general feedback we’ve gotten over the years. It has given me the impression that we’ve made a tremendous impact across the island. When we do our community activities, we reach out to corporate clients and partner with them; they usually provide us with donations to underwrite the cost of drugs or certain procedures. We have a strong partnership with Florida Hospitals. They help us in a number of ways, particularly with equipment, and financial support, as well. Our cath lab equipment that we’re currently installing is cutting edge, and that would be supported largely by Florida Hospitals.” BVC: What do you see ahead for the future? Wade: “We are very much aware of technologies that exist, especially regarding spinal surgery, and we are, in fact, planning to introduce spinal services for disc replacement, etc. in the New Year. There are discussions in progress on that now. “We find that for the procedures people would normally access in the U.S. or the U.K. or Canada, the technology is all here. What we are seeking to do is create the kind of facility that would make the trip to Jamaica to undergo those kinds of procedures more than just flying in, having it done, and then flying out. We really want to give our patients an experience. Jamaica is a world capital for sea and sun and we would like to combine the climate we have with patient care and patient recovery. So, we’re exploring some of that. We’d like to have our patients come here and spend some time recovering in the warm sun. “Andrews Memorial is focused on providing holistic care. We think that medication is just