Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson

Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards-Dawson is the Senior Medical Officer at Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew, Jamaica. She is actively involved in advocating for improvements in hospital policies to support parents of sick children, emphasizing the need for family-centric care in healthcare settings. Recently, she highlighted the challenges of accommodating parents overnight due to limited facilities and expressed the importance of enhancing the hospital's capacity to allow families to be present with their children during critical times.