Andrews Memorial Hospital, a healthcare institution operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, recently unveiled new plans and strategies to continue providing services in Kingston, Jamaica. The 79-year-old hospital institution, which is part of the Adventist Healthcare Services – Inter-America network, also installed its new administrator.
Donmayne Gyles became the new president and chief executive officer of Andrews Memorial Hospital (AMH) during a special ceremony on May 13, 2023. Gyles succeeds Patric Rutherford, who led the institution for more than two decades.
In his handing over of the baton, Dr. Patric Rutherford, who has served AMH for a cumulative 22 years, expressed his confidence in Gyles.
“I am a happy man today because God has blessed me with fulfilling the last piece of my assignment to this hospital,” said Rutherford. “It’s a joy to serve and when you leave you don’t want to leave and see things crumble behind you, you want to see things build and grow beyond where you have been.”
AMH was officially opened in 1944 after the purchase of land at 27 Hope Road in 1943 by the General Conference and the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
Rutherford emphasized that no organization rises above its leadership and so the key to future growth is finding the caliber of leadership that is going to take it the next step.
“We have worked together for two years,” said Rutherford. “I have had the privilege of sharing some things with you because as we grapple with the problems and challenges that we face I realize that your thinking is embedded and engrossed in the process and in the understanding of what it takes to move to the next step.” He shared that he has the utmost confidence that God has blessed Gyles and prepared him for the administrative task.
Andrews Memorial Hospital is located in Kingston, Jamaica. The Adventist-operated healthcare institution has been opened since 1944. :: Photo credit: Nigel Coke, JAMU