| 词条 | Health in Barbados |
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HistoryAmerican President George Washington accompanied his brother Lawrence to Barbados to help him recover from a bout of tuberculosis in the warm climate of the island in 1751. While there George contracted smallpox.[1] Barbados was placed 38th of 187 countries surveyed, in the Human Development Index. According to the 2016 World Bank Data, the life expectancy at birth in Barbados was 73 for men and 78 for women. HealthcareExpenditure on health per capita in 2014 was $1,014, 7.5% of GDP.[2] The country has above the average ratio of health care professionals to population.[3] All Barbadian citizens are covered by Universal health care. Barbados has eight polyclinics throughout the country, 5 Geriatric hospitals for care of the elderly, and a network of Child Care facilities, in addition to the main Queen Elizabeth Hospital (General Hospital) located in Bridgetown.[4] There are private medical clinics, including the Sandy Crest Medical Centre on the west coast, and the FMH Emergency Medical Clinic, just outside Bridgetown. The Barbados Psychiatric Hospital is located in Black Rock, Bridgetown. The Ministry of Health & Wellness also operates the Barbados Drug Service which provides a pharmacy service for the island.[5] In 2011, the Government of Barbados signed a memorandum of understanding to lease its {{convert|22|acre}} Saint Joseph Hospital site to the Denver, Colorado-based America World Clinics. Under the deal, the group will use Barbados as one of its main destinations for medical tourism at that facility. The government also announced it would begin constructing a new $900 million state-of-the-art hospital to replace the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. See also
References1. ^{{cite book|author=James Thomas Flexner|title=Washington: The Indispensable Man|year=1974|page=8}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Barbados |url=http://www.who.int/countries/brb/en/ |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=WHO |date=2016}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Barbados Government Fighting to Keep Nurses from Migrating |url=http://www.caribbean360.com/news/barbados-government-fighting-to-keep-nurses-from-migrating |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=Caribbean 360 |date=23 October 2018}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Health in Barbados |url=https://barbados.org/althealth.htm#.W-15AF54phE |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=Barbados.org}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Barbados Health Care |url=https://www.totallybarbados.com/articles/health-fitness/health-care/ |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=Totally Barbados |date=2018}} 1 : Health in Barbados |
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