Spine surgery medical tourism to Jamaica will only happen if investors back a new project.
Boston based KIC already invests in outpatient orthopaedics and spine centres across Florida, as well as several spine technology companies.
Professor Kingsley Chin, the co-founder of KIC, owns the LESS Institute that offers outpatient orthopaedic and spine surgery at 3 clinics in Florida and two in Jamaica- with a focus on global athletes such as Indian cricketer Chris Gayle.
One location for a LESS spine clinic is Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Here KIC and LESS have teamed up with Jamaican doctor David Walcott to build a medical tourism platform to attract medical tourists to Jamaica for spine surgery. Plans include links between LESS and Sandals Resorts.
They are fundraising for a large outpatient centre concentrating on disc-replacement surgery. $1 million has been invested in equipment from the USA. They have completely renovated the doctors’ lounge at Andrews. To target local and international patients a new building is needed at the private hospital owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.