The Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) was established on November 6, 1963. It has the distinction of being the only specialist paediatric hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean. With a bed capacity of 279 including a five (5) bed Intensive Care Unit that provides critical care service to critically ill patients.  The Accident and Emergency department operates on a twenty-four-hour basis and sees approximately 50,000 patients per year.  In addition, specialist clinics are held five days per week in the Outpatients Department with approximately 35,000 clinics visits annually. 

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This remarkable institution caters to patients from birth to 12 years, providing a comprehensive range of diagnostic, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and ambulatory services in paediatric medical and surgical specialties and sub-specialties.

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The hospital caters to patients not only from across Jamaica but also from other neighbouring Caribbean countries. The facility was formally a British Military Hospital but was given to the Jamaican Government as a "good will" gesture upon the achievement of Jamaica’s independence on November 6, 1962.

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