Beyond our gates
Care that goes where it’s needed
Our mission doesn’t stop at the hospital gate. In the year since Hurricane Melissa, Andrews teams have taken free care to more than 1,800 people in St Elizabeth and Westmoreland.
Outreach
Where we’ve been
- October 2026Westmoreland
A week of free clinics in five communities
With AdventHealth, teams gave free check-ups, eye and dental care and HIV and syphilis tests to just under 800 people still recovering from Hurricane Melissa.
Read in Jamaica Observer - May 2026St Elizabeth
A health mission to five communities
About 700 people received free consultations, eye screening, dental care and medicines, with pastoral support alongside.
Read in Jamaica Observer - February 2026Black River
Supplies and 50 laptops for Black River Hospital
Andrews, AdventHealth and church partners handed over medical supplies, equipment and laptops worth about US$60,000, keeping a promise made in the days after the hurricane.
Read in Inter-American Division News - December 2025St Elizabeth
A hurricane recovery clinic in three communities
About 365 residents of Balaclava, Thornton and Siloah received free medical care and psychological support, in a clinic staged with the Allkare Wellness Foundation and the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Read the story - November 2025Black River
One week after Hurricane Melissa
Twenty-five staff volunteers took 300 care packages, hot soup and porridge, solar lanterns and clothing to Black River Hospital and its neighbours.
Read in Inter-American Division News - April 2025Islandwide
Seventy hospital beds for the public system
With AdventHealth and the GSI Foundation, following 40 beds donated in 2023.
Read the story - January 2024Kingston
Laptops and pulse oximeters for nursing students
One hundred final-year nursing students of Northern Caribbean University each received a laptop and a pulse oximeter, a gift from AdventHealth with Andrews and the GSI Foundation.
Read the story
Hurricane Melissa, October 2025
We stayed open, then we went west
When the Category 5 storm crossed Jamaica on October 28, 2025, Andrews ran in emergency mode until all departments reopened three days later. Within a week, 25 members of staff were in Black River, where the hospital had lost most of its usable space.
The President told Black River’s staff that the visit would not be the last. In February 2026 the team returned with supplies and 50 laptops, and missions to St Elizabeth and Westmoreland followed through the year.
- Care packages
- 300
- People seen at free clinics
- 1,800+
- Laptops for Black River
- 50
Partners
The people we work with
Andrews is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and belongs to its network of hospitals and clinics across Inter-America.
- AdventHealthFlorida, United States
- A partnership that began in 1995 with what was then Florida Hospital. It has brought equipment, training and professional exchange, including the MRI scanner and the cardiac cath lab.
- Loma Linda University HealthCalifornia, United States
- Helped re-equip and reorganise our laboratory and advises on its accreditation.
- Adventist Health InternationalWorldwide
- Supports Adventist hospitals in developing countries with expertise and grants.
- GSI Foundation JamaicaKingston
- The charitable arm of the Adventist Church in Jamaica, which brought the donated beds and laptops into the country.
- Northern Caribbean UniversityMandeville
- The Adventist university in Manchester. Andrews has helped equip its nursing students, and our President is one of its graduates.
- Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsJamaica
- The church body that owns the hospital. Its president chairs our board.
Work with us
Outreach is done with partners
None of the missions on this page was the hospital’s work alone. AdventHealth, the Allkare Wellness Foundation, the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church and local pastors and health teams all took part.
If your organisation is planning outreach in a community that needs care and would like to talk to us about it, write to us.