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Welcome to Bellevue HospitalJamaica's premier mental health institution, we provide psychiatric care to hundreds of patients resident within our walls, the kingston metropolitan region and rural villages. Our services include medical, nursing and rehabilitative care aimed at returning individuals to functioning levels within their communities. |
Bellevue History
Bellevue Hospital, as it is known today is situated on 123 acres of land on Windward Road, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. It came into existence as a separate institution for the care and treatment of Mental Disease in 1861. Prior to this, it was connected to the Kingston Public Hospital and was known as the Jamaica Lunatic Asylum. About this time reforms were taking place throughout Europe. Our MissionBellevue Hospital has the legal responsibility to accept all persons needing psychiatric care and is committed to:Provide medical, nursing and rehabilitative services in a clean and safe environment, aimed at returning individuals to functioning levels in their community. |
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