The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment is responsible for the health facilities.
Hospitals • Kingstown General Hospital, also known as the Million Cato Memorial Hospital is a 209-bed public hospital, • Maryfield Hospital, private hospital, in
Kingstown • Lowmans and Bequia Casualty Hospital,
Port Elizabeth, • Chateaubelair hospital, which is being improved by the
Pan American Health Organization to make it more resilient to natural disasters.
Mental health In 2016, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines launched a nationwide initiative to improve the psychological wellness and mental health of the population.
The Psychological Wellness Initiative is believed to be the first comprehensive mental health service of its type in the world. This represents an open access, upstream, national programme that is made available online and free-of-charge to individual citizens. This initiative comprises three online programmes for anxiety, low mood and workplace stress, based on
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The ACT programmes are provided by Anglo-Finnish innovators Headsted Limited and are sponsored by the European Union as part of the 10th
European Development Fund. ==References==