The Committee of Higher Education in the Colonies in 1945 recommended the establishment of a University in the West Indies and Jamaica was chosen as the site. It was decided that the first faculty should be that of medicine as there was a shortage of medical personnel in the region. Read more [...]
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Kingston Hospital Trust HQ
Public institutional medicine was first established in Jamaica with the opening of the Kingston Public Hospital on December 14, 1776. The hospital was originally located at the corner of East and North Streets where the land equipped with a small hospital for slaves was converted into a male hospital and Read more [...]
