My sentiments exactly...but Iam looking forward to what kind of info these companies supply to you..Originally Posted by Melody
Awesome, all I wanted was the name and contact info for companies that for sure service Negril. There's one to start with. Thanks!
Rob, I don't think anyone is expecting you to personally endorse a company and provide a presentation with fees. As long as we have names and contact info, we can follow up ourselves.
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Melody,Awesome, all I wanted was the name and contact info for companies that for sure service Negril. There's one to start with. Thanks!
Rob, I don't think anyone is expecting you to personally endorse a company and provide a presentation with fees. As long as we have names and contact info, we can follow up ourselves.
Thank you and I wish that was true.
But suzengrace has been expecting/demanding this exact information you say no one is expecting us to provide. She is demanding that we post the company names and contacts, the services they each provide, each of their response times, each of their costs to both MoBay and Sav and what form of payment they all accept. To quote her: we "should be providing the basic info in regards to the ambulances THAT do service Negril and what they're aprox. costs are to Mobay and Sav (god forbid) and what form of payment they take-as well as expected response times and method of payment."
She even posted about searching the online Jamiaca Yellow Pages and found several companies that service Negril. She could have posted their phone numbers had that been all she wanted. She ended that post with "Again, I would hope that Rob-who lives in Negril would be able to provide the info I listed up on top..."
As you can see, she is once again telling us to provide all that information mentioned above and not just phone numbers. Because of her demands, that would take much longer than if we were to provide the names and contact numbers. She already has these contacts from the Jamaican Yellow Pages and continued to ask for more information.
But Melody - because of your and now suzengrace's 180 as well as what I would assume are other's desire to get the contact information as soon as possible and would follow it up for themselves, I will curtail the process of compiling that list of costs, response times, services provided and method of payment and simply post the companies and contact information as you desire.
We are working with major stakeholders in Negril to address this issue for Negril and the surrounding areas and should hopefully have some great news later this week. We feel our time is much better spent that way, helping to create a real solution.
In the meantime, here are the contacts - the link at the very bottom takes you to much more information including ads and websites, explaining that although not based in Negril, they do service islandwide.
876-974-6404
Ambulance Service-Emergency Medical
Lifeline Medical Response
Shop 40 Ocean Vill Shpng Cen Ocho Rios, St Ann Jamaica
876-974-6404
876-953-2938
Ambulance Service-Emergency Medical
Ambucare Ambulance Serv
Shop 6b Half Moon Shpng Vill Rose Hall, St James Jamaica
876-953-2938
Bridgeport
876-939-2273
info@ambucareja.com
Ambucare Company Services is a network of life sustaining units strategically located throughout the island.
876-749-6923
Ambulance Service-Emergency Medical
GentleCare Ambulance Serv
57 Grants Cres Spanish Town, St Catherine Jamaica
876-749-6923
876-758-8286
Ambulance Service-Emergency Medical
Accident & Emergency Medical Servs Ltd
1 Sundown Cres Kingston 10 Jamaica
876-758-8286
876-758-6975
876-346-5621
aems2011@gmail.com
906-SURE(7873)
Ambulance Service-Emergency Medical
Sure Time Emergency Medical Service
906-SURE(7873)
876-974-5014
Ambulance Service-Emergency Medical
Executive Ground Ambulance Service Ltd
Suite 2 Pier Vw Inn Ocho Rios, St Ann Jamaica
876-974-5014
Dispatch
876-974-4403
Here is the page link mentioned above:
http://jamaicayp.com/Jamaica-Island/...rgency-Medical
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I will continue to choose Negril over any other destination as long as I feel comfortable enough to travel in my advancing years.
I would rather be in Jamaica than anywhere else.
There are licensed medical doctors in Negril and throughout the Parishes.
In dire emergencies I want to be driven to the closest hospital and that would be Sav La Mar.
As far as medical insurance goes; I travel without it.
It's not cheap for people with blood pressure, diabetes, heart irregularities, or other increasingly common issues for people of 'a certain age'.
We've seen numerous issues in the media of people who buy travel insurance and are denied payment because of some 'pre-existing' medical issue that they forgot about or didn't know mattered on their insurance application. In fact, I think denials outweigh payouts by more than 60 percent. Don't quote me on that thought; I'm just relying on my increasingly bad (short term) memory. Puff puff, pass pass.
Surprised that this topic has not been addressed before. This board has been around for roughly 20 years and it's not like medical care in Negril is a new issue.
Glad Suzengrace is so demanding. I feel a little safer knowing I have options. Than again, I feel it is important to stay at reputable places that will ensure you are taking care of to the best of their ability. Chris and his defibrillator are comforting with a stay at Seastar.
This topic has been addressed since this Board started back in 1997. On the current server which has been running since 2008, there are hundred of posts that anyone can search for and find in a matter of seconds.
Under the green Events listing on each of the main pages, there is a search box that searches the entire Negril.com site. Type in the word ambulance and you get 328 posts made on this very subject, going back to 2008 when this server was started.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ambu...com&gws_rd=ssl
On the first page alone you may see posts from 2009 and 2010. The first post on this topic on this server was made in 2008. This is not a new topic.
You can use that search box to search for any topic that interests you on Negril.com. It is a handy feature.
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Holy pissing contest! Seriously....suzengrace and booger....if you are that concerned about medical treatment in Negril, perhaps you should vacation in Florida....
Rob, thank you for the information. I would never expect you to spoon feed me the details of taking care of my grown ass while vacationing in Negril. Nonetheless, thank you for providing the information.
Asking those in the know for some insight on healthcare is far from a pissing contest. As I grow older and out of my youthful ways I put greater thought into what if. With recent events bringing to light the lack of available services, I am looking at this from a different angle. Also, with family members who require care on occasion, it's important to know what options you have. I wish I was in a place to travel without this being a worry, however life has dealt me a different hand.
I don't know what all the angst, finger pointing and defensiveness is about but I feel it's inappropriate.
Thank you Rob for the additional info and I look forward to the balance of info that you will post.
I know it's a horrible thought but insurance often covers the return of the body back to their home country. Well worth it even if you don't get the needed care in time. Check you're policy to be sure this is covered.
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As someone who has had heart/blocked arteries issues in the past 2 years (and surgeries to correct) and still wants to travel in the future, this is a necessity for me to spare my family the expense. Hopefully if the worst happens in JA, cremation could be arranged in JA (as a realist I will contact one of the funeral homes in JA to see if that is possible before travelling).
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