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The Opposition Leader is tonight calling Monday's opening of the Central Block of the Port of Spain General Hospital a sham.

Producing videos showing incomplete infrastructure which cannot accommodate patients, she calls on the government and Udecott to give the media a full tour.
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00:00The opposition leaders tonight calling Monday's opening of the central block of the Port of
00:05Spain General Hospital a sham.
00:08Producing videos showing incomplete infrastructure which cannot accommodate patients, she calls
00:14on the government and Udicot to give the media a full toe.
00:19With much pomp and glory, the Prime Minister unveiled what has been intended as a major
00:24achievement of his BNM government.
00:27A spanking new central block of the Port of Spain General Hospital.
00:49But today, UNC Senator David Nackett found his way inside the block to similarly unveil
00:55what his party calls one of the biggest lies being sold to the people of TNT.
01:01Nackett's almost 7 minute video gives viewers 2 minutes of footage of the interior of the
01:06block where one can see rooms without doors and without ceilings.
01:11Outside the building, unused material could be seen stockpiled.
01:14Additional videos were sent to TV6 showing unpainted walls, exposed electrical, ducting
01:21and unfinished floors.
01:56The opposition leader, meanwhile, calls the PM's sentiments at the hospital opening as
02:03false bravado.
02:04Kamala Basasa says the Prime Minister threw out the Cuban comments to distract from the
02:10humiliating fact that he was opening an incomplete, over-budget, over-timed construction site.
02:17She says,
02:25Additionally, Basasa says there are hundreds of local doctors, nurses and medical technicians
02:36who are unemployed and hundreds on short-term contracts who ought to be put as the first
02:41priority in terms of job creation.
02:44Kamala Basasa called on Dr. Rawley and Udicott to give the media a full tour of the entire
02:51hospital block, every single floor.
02:54Rishi Tiwari, Rupnarayan, TV6 News.
03:25was a practical completion of construction, Udicott said a response would be forthcoming.
03:32According to the website, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, there is no standard definition
03:37of practical completion.
03:39Generally, it is the point at which a building project is complete except for minor defects
03:46that can be put right without undue interference or disturbance to an occupier.
03:51Some construction practitioners describe this point as when the building project is
03:56capable of beneficial occupation and use.
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