Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Q.E.H.) is located in Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
' capital city
Capital City
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Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...
, which is located in the parish of Saint Michael. The hospital is the main General Hospital
Hospital
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for the southern part of the island.
The hospital can perform most surgeries, and specialised care includes the areas of: gynaecology, paediatrics, obstetrics, cardiac surgery, plastic surgery, psychotherapy, radiology, radiography and ophthalmology. The Q.E.H. boasts also having a series of operating theaters.
The Q.E.H. is a 600-bed complex lying in the Eastern section of Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...
, it can be found along the southeast shore of the Careenage canal. The current hospital building was constructed in 1963-1964, and officially opened on November 14, 1964.
In December 2004, the Barbados Ministry of Health disclosed that based on foreign-investment into the country, there is a future possibility that genetic re-constructive surgery may be performed at the Q.E.H.
In 2006 it was stated that the Government of Barbados
Government of Barbados
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was spending $112 million (US$56 million) annually running the hospital.
In 2008 the former Minister of Health Dr. Jerome Walcott said that the current hospital which is over 40 years old should be replaced by a new state of the art hospital complex. He classified it as nonsensical to spend over $400 million (US$200 million) on an extension of the current facility saying that it may cost upwards of $600 million (US$300 million) in the end. He went on to suggest the current QEH might be better off turned into a nursing home. Later in 2011 the government's Donville Inniss give the figure of around $800 million to build a new Hospital for Barbados. It was stated the government will need to review several factors including cost(s) and possible locations.
PAHO has rated the current facility as a Category B hospital facility.
See also
- Saint Joseph Hospital
External links
- Official website - Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Bridgetown, Barbados)
- News article about QEH