Founded in 1966, the Saint Joseph Hospital is a medical facility now owned by the Government of Barbados.

In January 2011 it was announced the entire hospital was to be leased to overseas investors who had interest in it for medical tourism.

[1][2] The government later announced the investor to be Denver, Colorado-based American World Clinics ("AWC") under at least a 25-year lease.

On January 19, 1986, the hospital was closed by the then BLP-led Government of Barbados over the claim that the institution was losing money.

In 2008, the Saint Joseph hospital once more has been discussed after the country's most recent change in political administration.