What is the percentage of West Indian medical employees in the local hospital?
In terms of medical services in the area, the nearest hospital is Jacobi Emergency Medical Center located on Pelham Parkway and Williamsbridge Road. This hospital is only a ten-minute drive from the concentrated area of 211th to 241st Streets. Since this hospital is the closest to the West Indian community reported on in this study, it can be presumed that there would exist a high concentration of West Indian medical servants working in the facility. To confirm this speculation, Janice Amato, the Assistant Director for Facilities of Jacobi Emergency Medical Center, reported that 35% of the employees are, in fact, West Indian. No further information could be received on this topic. What is the religious breakdown of the area? Just as the West Indian community cannot be classified by one ethnicity, it also cannot be restricted to practicing one religion. Within the 30-block radius, community members belong to the Seventh Day Adventist, Catholic, Jehovah Witness, Baptist, Episcopal and Pe
