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  • 10 months ago
Blanchisseuse now has a new health facility and disaster response site.

The Planning Minister said the facility will provide much need services for the fishing community.

Juhel Browne reports.
Transcript
00:00Planning Minister Pauline P. Beckels, the MP for Arima, joined Health Minister Terence
00:05Dyal-Singh, the MP for St. Joseph, and the leadership team of the North Central Regional
00:09Health Authority for the launch of the Disaster Response Site, NCD Prevention and Retreat
00:14Centre, and NCD Screening Initiative in Blanchiches on Friday.
00:19As the Member of Parliament, I want to see, and as well as Minister of Planning and Development,
00:26this facility as a public sector investment program costs almost $3 million, and the facility
00:37is expected to provide services including antenatal clinic, chronic disease clinic,
00:43philobotomy, family planning, dressing, school health, public immunization, and pap smear.
00:51The Planning Minister also noted the other purpose of the facility in the rural fishing
00:55community.
00:56This facility will be addressing both health and disaster preparedness, and of course these
01:02efforts play a crucial role in helping our communities to stay strong and bounce back.
01:07Health Minister Dyal-Singh pointed out the importance of such facilities where the different
01:12levels of health care are concerned.
01:15The purpose of facilities like this, which recognizes the role of primary health care,
01:22is to make sure you could stay here, and not need to go to secondary health care, which
01:30is a hospital, to be on a bed for five to seven days.
01:35To make sure you don't go to a tertiary health care facility where you need to be operated
01:40on, where you need to be treated for a stroke.
01:42Minister Beckles called on the residents of the area to help maintain and preserve the
01:47new facility.
01:48Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
01:52For more information visit www.fema.gov
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