page_title: Healthcare in the British Virgin Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Healthcare in the British Virgin Islands
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of Peebles Hospital, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The new hospital is the larger building behind. The old hospital building is just visible in front of it.
context_page_description: Healthcare in the British Virgin Islands is predominantly provided by private healthcare providers with an overlay of public support. There is a single public hospital in the British Virgin Islands - Peebles Hospital in Road Town on Tortola. There is also one private hospital - the Bougainvillea clinic. On Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke, there are day clinics to serve non-emergency medical needs of residents of those islands. Although there is period discussion about the possibility of building another hospital on Virgin Gorda, to date there has been no commitment to doing so. For emergency medical evacuations from other islands a boat is maintained.
  Under the Public Hospital Ordinance free medical treatment is available at all public facilities to the elderly, children, police officers, firemen, prison officers, public health workers, the mentally ill, indigent persons and prisoners. All other persons must pay for medical treatment received from public health care facilities, although the cost of health care is usually less expensive than from private health care providers.
context_section_description: Healthcare in the British Virgin Islands is predominantly provided by private healthcare providers with an overlay of public support.  There is a single public hospital in the British Virgin Islands - Peebles Hospital in Road Town on Tortola.  There is also one private hospital - the Bougainvillea clinic (also in Road Town).  On Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke, there are day clinics to serve non-emergency medical needs of residents of those islands.  Although there is period discussion about the possibility of building another hospital on Virgin Gorda, to date there has been no commitment to doing so.  For emergency medical evacuations from other islands a boat is maintained.
  Under the Public Hospital Ordinance (Cap 195) free medical treatment is available at all public facilities to the elderly (being persons who are 65 or older), children (being persons aged 16 or under), police officers, firemen, prison officers, public health workers, the mentally ill, indigent persons and prisoners.  All other persons must pay for medical treatment received from public health care facilities, although the cost of health care is usually less expensive than from private health care providers.
caption: Peebles Hospital is the main public hospital in the British Virgin Islands.
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