Bluefields & Mearnsville Healthcare Network
Building a resilient, community-centered health access system along Jamaica's southwestern coast.
Bluefields, Mearnsville, and the surrounding communities were among the areas most affected during recent national disaster events. The A2 Mission revealed widespread infrastructure damage, disrupted access to clinics, chronic disease treatment interruptions, and significant community vulnerability along the entire corridor.
These findings sparked the creation of the Bluefields & Mearnsville Healthcare Network — a long-term effort to establish reliable community-based health access, improve chronic-care continuity, and build disaster-ready systems across this region of Jamaica.
This is a work in progress, built through collaboration with Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Ministry of Labour & Social Security (MLSS), World Digital Governance (WDG), local community leaders, Intellibus AI Academy, and diaspora and local medical professionals.
What We Are Building
Community Health Access Points (Pods & Clinics)
The region lacks nearby, stable primary care facilities. Our plan includes establishing community health access points that provide:
- Basic primary care
- Chronic disease monitoring
- Senior and veteran support
- Telemedicine consultations
- Emergency readiness capacity
These Pods become permanent, walkable access points for residents.
Local Healthcare Workforce Development
Through the Intellibus AI Academy, we are training:
- Community health workers
- Digital health assistants
- Telemedicine pod operators
- Senior-care navigators
This creates jobs while strengthening community health resilience.
Telemedicine Integration (Atlas Platform)
The region will become one of the first communities connected to the Atlas Telemedicine Platform (launching 2027), enabling:
- Remote physician consultations
- AI-assisted triage
- Chronic-care follow-up
- Mental health support
- Rapid disaster-response communication
Telemedicine is critical for coastal communities that become cut off during storms.
Disaster-Ready Health Services
The A2 Mission revealed urgent needs for lighting and power stabilization, safe shelter conditions, emergency medical follow-up, chronic medication resupply, and communications access.
The new network will integrate:
- Solar-powered micro-clinics
- Telemedicine pods
- Emergency supply caches
- Community first-response training
- Water safety & sanitation protocols
Community Health Education & Support
Programs will include:
- Senior wellness sessions
- Chronic disease awareness
- Mental health support
- Maternal & family health guidance
- Disaster-preparedness health workshops
Education and awareness build long-term community confidence.
Why Bluefields & Mearnsville?
Based on the A2 Mission field reconstruction:
- Many communities are hard to reach due to blocked or washed-out roads
- Residents report difficulty accessing chronic medications and regular health checks
- Safety concerns increase when streetlights are down and homes are damaged
- Only one Starlink unit served over 200 people in a shelter, highlighting communication gaps
These gaps reinforce why the southwest corridor requires a permanent, structured, resilient healthcare network.
Early Foundations Already Completed
100+ Patients Treated
Across multiple communities during joint missions
Digital Community Assessments
Conducted to identify healthcare gaps
Essential Medical Aid
Delivered chronic-care support to seniors and veterans
Infrastructure Documentation
Identified safety and communication gaps for planning
These early steps form the blueprint for a scalable, sustainable model.
The Road Ahead (2025–2027)
- Identify pod/clinic locations in Bluefields and Mearnsville
- Engage community leaders and JDF/MLSS for alignment
- Develop architectural and telemedicine integration plans
- Train local digital health workers
- Deploy first Community Pod
- Launch mobile medical outreach programs
- Begin telemedicine pathway testing
- Connect communities via Atlas Telemedicine Platform
- Establish multi-pod network across Bluefields–Mearnsville corridor
- Implement disaster-ready supplies, lighting, and communication nodes
- Create a scalable model for other coastal communities
A Local Story of Why This Matters
When teams visited Bluefields and Mearnsville during the Melissa recovery period, residents shared the same story again and again:
"We just need somewhere close where we can see a doctor. One place we can rely on, storm or no storm."
This network is being built to answer that need — for seniors, families, veterans, and anyone unable to reach distant clinics during crises.
Help Us Build the Bluefields & Mearnsville Healthcare Network
Your support brings Jamaica closer to having a resilient, accessible, community-led health system along its vulnerable southwestern coastline