Kingston Public Hospital KPH & Victoria Jubilee Hospital are located on North Street in Downtown Kingston, Jamaica.
Victoria Jubilee Hospital initially known as the Victoria Jubilee Lying-In Hospital was founded in 1891 and opened to the public in 1892.
The Victoria Jubilee is the largest maternity hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean and delivers around 8,000 babies annually.
As a tribute to Queen Victoria in memory of her Golden Jubilee, the Victoria Jubilee Hospital began as a public subscription project and was then endowed by the Government of Jamaica.
It was planned as a public hospital for poor women to provide them with suitable food and lodging, and medical care, during their confinement.
Though sometimes controversial, the hospital accepted all patients, including single mothers, but gave preference to married women if space was limited.
Through the years, various expansion projects took place in the period from 1950 to 1975, which resulted in an additional beds and new administration offices.
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 an old slave yard converted into a female ward.
KPH originally catered to Jamaica’s white population.
The slaves were treated on the estate in what was then referred to as a “hot houses” until 1838, after emancipation, they were accepted by the hospital.
Initially, KPH was designed as an almshouse as well as a hospital, and later became a mental asylum, however, the asylum was relocated to Rae Town in 1850.
In 1859, the hospital began offering 24-hour service seven days per week. A number of buildings were added in the 20th century, the original design of which catered to the tropical climate in which the facility is located.
In 1936, the then Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Westmoreland separated surgical from medical cases for the first time.
Four new operating theatres were built in 1962, in addition to the two previously built in 1928.
From its humble beginnings KPH has evolved into the largest multidisciplinary hospital in the Government Health Service as well as the largest trauma centre in the public hospital system.
The institution continues to be regarded as one in which sophisticated surgery is practiced on several scales and continues to contribute significantly to surgery in Jamaica.
KPH has the top Jamaica ER.
⭐ Points of Interest:
00:45 Victoria Jubilee Hospital
01:27 Princess Street
01:27 Slipe Pen Road
01:55 KPH Entrance Main
02:04 North Street
02:46 Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) accident & emergency entrance
02:46 North Street
02:46 Princess Street
02:46 Slipe Pen Rd
02:51 Kingston Public Hospital
02:55 North Street runs east to west (bottom to top of screen) through the compound between both hospitals.
04:01 Southern Side
04:01 Charles Street
04:05 South entrance
04:52 Western side of KPH
04:54 Harbour View
05:05 Rose Lane
05:10 North St
05:48 Resident Doctors' Quarters
05:48 KPH Northern side.
05:57 Downtown Kingston
03:57 Kingston Harbour
06:25 West entrance
06:25 Rose Lane
00:45 Victoria Jubilee Hospital (Largest building)
Kingston Public Hospital on Google Maps: http://bit.ly/2HkkNdS
Victoria Jubilee Hospital on Google Maps: http://bit.ly/2SLfidA
2020 Jamaica Drone Footage using the DJI Mavic 2 Zoom.
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Victoria Jubilee Hospital initially known as the Victoria Jubilee Lying-In Hospital was founded in 1891 and opened to the public in 1892.
The Victoria Jubilee is the largest maternity hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean and delivers around 8,000 babies annually.
As a tribute to Queen Victoria in memory of her Golden Jubilee, the Victoria Jubilee Hospital began as a public subscription project and was then endowed by the Government of Jamaica.
It was planned as a public hospital for poor women to provide them with suitable food and lodging, and medical care, during their confinement.
Though sometimes controversial, the hospital accepted all patients, including single mothers, but gave preference to married women if space was limited.
Through the years, various expansion projects took place in the period from 1950 to 1975, which resulted in an additional beds and new administration offices.
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 an old slave yard converted into a female ward.
KPH originally catered to Jamaica’s white population.
The slaves were treated on the estate in what was then referred to as a “hot houses” until 1838, after emancipation, they were accepted by the hospital.
Initially, KPH was designed as an almshouse as well as a hospital, and later became a mental asylum, however, the asylum was relocated to Rae Town in 1850.
In 1859, the hospital began offering 24-hour service seven days per week. A number of buildings were added in the 20th century, the original design of which catered to the tropical climate in which the facility is located.
In 1936, the then Senior Medical Officer, Dr. Westmoreland separated surgical from medical cases for the first time.
Four new operating theatres were built in 1962, in addition to the two previously built in 1928.
From its humble beginnings KPH has evolved into the largest multidisciplinary hospital in the Government Health Service as well as the largest trauma centre in the public hospital system.
The institution continues to be regarded as one in which sophisticated surgery is practiced on several scales and continues to contribute significantly to surgery in Jamaica.
KPH has the top Jamaica ER.
⭐ Points of Interest:
00:45 Victoria Jubilee Hospital
01:27 Princess Street
01:27 Slipe Pen Road
01:55 KPH Entrance Main
02:04 North Street
02:46 Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) accident & emergency entrance
02:46 North Street
02:46 Princess Street
02:46 Slipe Pen Rd
02:51 Kingston Public Hospital
02:55 North Street runs east to west (bottom to top of screen) through the compound between both hospitals.
04:01 Southern Side
04:01 Charles Street
04:05 South entrance
04:52 Western side of KPH
04:54 Harbour View
05:05 Rose Lane
05:10 North St
05:48 Resident Doctors' Quarters
05:48 KPH Northern side.
05:57 Downtown Kingston
03:57 Kingston Harbour
06:25 West entrance
06:25 Rose Lane
00:45 Victoria Jubilee Hospital (Largest building)
Kingston Public Hospital on Google Maps: http://bit.ly/2HkkNdS
Victoria Jubilee Hospital on Google Maps: http://bit.ly/2SLfidA
2020 Jamaica Drone Footage using the DJI Mavic 2 Zoom.
#InJamaica #Jamaica #KPH #K.P.H. #Kingston #DowntownKingston #KingstonPublic #VictoriaJubilee #Hospital #JamaicaHospitals