Specialist Hospitals

National Chest Hospital (NCH)

32 1/2 Barbican Road , Kingston (6) • Tele: 977-7071/7131; • Fax: 977-6903

Nation Chest HospitalThe National Chest Hospital was established in 1940. The hospital has 97 beds and sees approximately 1062 inpatients and 5863 outpatients per year. National Chest is the only hospital dedicated to the management of conditions affecting the chest in Jamaica.


 

  • Bed capacity - 97
  • Bed Occupancy
  • Intensive Care Beds

Medical Programmes & Services


Surgical Programmes

  • General Surgery
  • Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery

Medical Programmes

  • General Medicine
  • Dermatology

Other Services

  • Radiology Services (Plain X-ray)
  • Pathology Services
  • Dental Services
  • Adult Pulmonology (Diagnosis and definitive management of all diseases of the lung and pleura)
  • Fibre-optic and rigid Bronchoscopy, endobronchial and open lung biopsies
    Pleural biopsies, thoracoscopy (limited), open resection of lung lesions, diagnosis and management of infectious diseases of the lung and pleura (such as tuberculosis, lung abscesses and emphysema)
  • Rigid Oesophagoscopy
  • Ambulatory Surgery
  • Physiotherapy