HEALTH MINISTER TOURS POS CENTRAL BLOCK

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The Health Minister led a delegation of officials from the Health Ministry and UDeCOTT who viewed a mock-up of a patient room on the fourth floor of Tower 1 of the project site for the new Central Block of the Port of Spain General Hospital.  The Health Minister gave an update on the status of the construction of the project.  Juhel Browne reports.

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00:00 Video provided to TV6 News by Udicot shows Health Minister Terence Dyal Singh

00:05 during his tour of the project for the new central block at the Port of Spain

00:09 General Hospital on Thursday as he highlighted an area which gives a

00:13 preview of the facility when it is completed.

00:17 So people come in here and they feel that they are not in a hospital to be sick.

00:22 They are in a place to recover and you will notice the signage,

00:28 you will notice the flowers and all those things.

00:31 So this is what a typical ward is going to look like

00:34 and we are happy to share this little milestone with the public.

00:39 The Health Minister was joined by a team led by the Chairman of Udicot,

00:43 Noel Garcia, during what he said is a site visit that occurs on the last Thursday of every month.

00:49 In a project of this size and complexity,

00:53 unless you have these monthly meetings to go through issues,

00:57 the project can fall behind.

00:59 All things being equal, coming out of this morning's site meeting,

01:04 all things being equal, we hope to finish construction by September to October of 2024.

01:11 This is in keeping with the update the Health Minister gave to the media

01:14 during his tour of the central block site last September.

01:18 And again, all things being equal,

01:21 bearing in mind international supply chain issues and so on,

01:25 we intend to start concurrently with that,

01:30 installing equipment, then you have to commission equipment, train people.

01:35 So we are looking at this time, maybe next year, March, April,

01:40 to have some sort of commissioning of the entire facility for use by the public.

01:47 Last September, Mr. Garcia said the project cost is $1.3 billion

01:53 and that the project was within budget.

01:56 Jule Brown, TV6 News.

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