Hyacinth Chen Nursing School

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Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing
Type Private
Established2008
Religious affiliation
Seventh-day Adventist Church
President Dr. Herbert J. Thompson
Location
Website www.ncu.edu.jm

The Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing was officially opened on August 10, 2008, on a location directly across from the Northern Caribbean University campus across from NCU's Dental Centre located in Mandeville, Jamaica.

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The school is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica. The school is being named in honour of Mrs. Hyacinth Chen, the mother of major donor, Michael Lee-Chin, Jamaican/Canadian businessman.

The school will hold 800 nursing students and will reduce Jamaica's nursing shortage.

It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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