3rd July 2020
Government to make drastic improvements within the healthcare system
By PM FB Page
Our Government has indicated that this fiscal year is the year for Health and the time to make drastic improvements within the healthcare system. Our people deserve world class health care and our medical and ancillary staff deserve to work in suitable facilities.
Towards this end, work will continue in this financial year towards the completion of the St. Jude Hospital Reconstruction Project. Government is aware of the passionate debate that surrounds this project, accordingly Government is deeply committed to delivering on this important facility.
Although affected by some slight delays due to COVID 19 restrictions, work on the Structural Frame is now approximately 90 percent complete with preparations being put place for the Architectural and Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) phases.
This project now employs approximately 400 persons. The Hospital will be a 90-bed facility featuring a two-storey Main Wing which will be integrated with other buildings to cater for a range of inpatient and out-patient services. The financing for the Project comes from a loan from the Ex-Im Bank of the Republic of China, with cumulative expenditure from October 2018 amounting to EC$50 million.
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
TO RECEIVE NEWS NOTIFICATIONS VIA WHATS APP PLEASE SAVE OUR NUMBER AND SEND US A MESSAGE AT 7584896261 AND WE WILL ADD YOU TO OUR LIST
