doubt that a local doctor would have been of any help . . . i recall on my last november visit waiting 2 hrs. for dr. grant just to arrive to her office!!! in the meantime, the nurse/person that mopped the floor had stitched up a stab victim without anasthetic for everyone to hear his screams . . . so it goes in the third world, the island we love to visit . . . until something crucial happens, we really don't think about the bad situations . . . two years ago i got sick in the hills of portland, real sick, rather than going to the port antonio hospital, i drove my rental car to the airport and pretended to be fine so i could get on the next flight home . . . just saying . . .

third world folks, jamaica is third world!!!!