Business View Caribbean October/November 2018

48 49 U.K. Some of them choose to go to the States and if the government approves it, that’s where they go. Some go to Canada and some go to the West Indies University in Jamaica. But all of their education, if they go to medical school or dental school or all of the allied health services approved by the government, are funded on the condition that they return to their country and serve for a period of time.” Levac says that physicians are recruited from around the world and most are ex-pats. “Our staff here represents about 27 different coun- tries and in terms of physicians, we have doc- tors from almost every one of those 27 coun- tries.We are quite successful in recruiting very competent, very qualified people and that is one of the reasons that we are able to capture about 90 percent of the available hospital cli- entele.Within that 90 percent, we have visiting physicians that are extremely qualified, from all over the world, who come here three, four, five times a year for periods of one to two weeks, in order to do clinics, do surgery. Again, all of this to prevent our National Insurance Plan from having to pay for patients to have to go any- where else but here for treatment.” Levac offers high praise for the skills of the staff and lauds their passion for identifying and implementing improvements when and where possible. These qualities set the hospital apart www.aliummedical.com QUALITY SOLUTIONS We are specialists in the global sourcing and supply of pharmaceutical products. We are dedicated to helping our customers find cost effective and sustainable solutions and we make it easy to source the medicines required. We believe in exceptional service delivered on time and to the highest quality standard and we strive to make it possible. TCI HOSPITAL PREFERRED VENDORS n Quantum Pharm Rx & IMPEDE Global www.qpharmrx.com Quantum Pharm Rx is focused on delivering the most competitive pricing of U.S. FDA approved pharmaceuticals. We understand that clients look for consistency, reliability, quick delivery, while keeping shipping expenses low. IMPEDE DEET-Free Insect Repellent is a new opportu- nity exclusive to the Caribbean. It offers effective protec- tion; safe for pregnant women and children. Quantum and IMPEDE are working together to provide for a better tomorrow for our CARICOM partners. n Alium Medical Inc. www.aliummedical.com from others he’s experienced, he avers. “I know it sounds trite to say that we do that, but I’ve worked in hospitals and I’ve surveyed hospitals all over the world, and when I came to this little hospital, I began to say, regularly, that this is one of the best hospitals that I have had the privilege of working in because of that pas- sion for continuous quality improvement, identi- fying when there are problems, doing root-cause analysis, looking at options for solutions, imple- menting the ones they feel will best meet the needs of the patient, and correcting the prob- lems or the issues and then measuring progress of that plan,” he adds. “It’s a continuous cycle that exists in every area of activity here.”