Fresh Leadership Crisis Emerges at UHWI as Doctors and Nurses Move Against Chief Clinician, Dr. Carl Bruce
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A fresh management crisis may be unfolding at Jamaica’s premier publicly-funded hospital, the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), as senior doctors and other clinical staff seek to remove the institution’s chief doctor, Carl Bruce.
The development comes weeks after UHWI’s Chief Executive Officer Fitzgerald Mitchell proceeded on accrued leave amid a police fraud squad investigation into procurement breaches flagged in an Auditor General’s report made public on Jan. 14, 2026.
Now, attention has shifted to clinical leadership following a Jan. 16, 2026 letter of no confidence submitted to the hospital’s board by senior clinicians.
The letter outlined a litany of complaints against Bruce, the hospital’s Medical Chief of Staff (MCS), mostly related to his management style and human resource practices that led to an initial meeting with management in January.
Now, coming out of another meeting on Friday morning involving dozens of consultants and nursing staff, interim CEO Eric Hosin, Board Chairman Patrick Hylton, and University of the West Indies, Mona Principal Densil Williams, 18° North understands that UHWI management has requested two additional weeks to investigate the complaints raised by clinical staff about Bruce.
