Coming from overseas
International patients
Surgeons at Andrews already bring patients from around the Caribbean and from the United Kingdom for their procedures. This page explains where to start, how insurance and payment work, and how to get here.
Patients from abroad
- Specialists
- 407 in 34 fields
- Operating rooms
- Four
- Diagnostics
- MRI, CT and a cardiac cath lab
Andrews is a private hospital in the centre of Kingston, and all care is given in English. Patients have come here from across the region and from Europe. Several of the surgeons who operate here trained at the University of the West Indies and at hospitals in Britain and the United States.
Some of the surgery done here isn’t available anywhere else in the English-speaking Caribbean. In April 2025 our neurosurgeons performed the region’s first lumbar disc replacement.
“The following day I was up walking around with minimal pain.”
Where to start
Care at Andrews is led by private consultants, so the consultant is the place to begin.
Speak to a consultant
Find the specialist you need in our directory, then contact their office or call the hospital. Send your reports, scans and a list of your medicines. They will tell you whether they can help, what the treatment involves and how long to plan to stay.
Ask the hospital about costs and insurance
A deposit is required for every admission. If you have health insurance, send us your policy details before you travel so that cover can be confirmed with your insurer.
Travel with your records
Bring your passport, your insurance documents and your original reports and scans.
Insurance and payment
We accept overseas health insurance that has been approved in advance, and we work with international insurers that accept our claims in the United States and in Europe. Not every overseas policy is accepted, so please send your policy details early.
The hospital accepts cash, all major debit and credit cards, and manager’s cheques. The Cashier is open 24 hours a day. Your consultant’s fee is separate from the hospital’s bill. Billing and insurance
Getting here
- Airport
- Norman Manley International (KIN) is the nearest, about 30 to 45 minutes by road depending on traffic.
- Address
- 27 Hope Road, Kingston 10, a few minutes from Half Way Tree and from the hotels of New Kingston.
- Visiting
- If someone is travelling with you, visiting hours are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every day.
- Flying home
- Ask your consultant when it will be safe to fly after your procedure, and book a ticket you can change.
Write to us
Questions people ask
Do I need a visa to come to Jamaica for treatment?
Citizens of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and CARICOM countries generally don’t need a visa for a short stay. Rules differ by nationality and can change, so check with the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) or your nearest Jamaican embassy before you book.
I’m emigrating to the United States. Is this the right page?
For the medical exam required for a U.S. immigrant visa, go to U.S. immigration medicals. Andrews is the only facility in Jamaica authorised to perform it.
Where we’re heading
A regional centre for care
The hospital’s plan includes more beds, a fifth operating room and care for international patients as a regular part of what it does.