WESTERN BUREAU:
While western stakeholders are not taking kindly to the news that the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), which has been operating below capacity since being hit by a toxic- fumes issue in 2016, will not be restored to full service for at least another year, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is nonetheless seeing a silver lining on the horizon.
Responding to concerns raised at a
Gleaner Editors’ Forum, which was staged in conjunction with the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday, the health minister confirmed that completion of the ongoing restoration exercise, which should have ended this month, has been further extended.
WESTERN BUREAU:
Gloria Henry, president of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), is calling for the establishment of a field hospital in Montego Bay to supplement the scaled-down services being offered by the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), which has been undergoing major restoration after a noxious-fumes issue emerged in 2016.
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Montego Bay being a critical hub in both the tourism and outsourcing sectors, Henry feels that with CRH not functioning at full capacity, it is critical to strengthen the existing situation to handle whatever situation might emerge.
“I would suggest that they set up one of the field hospitals we have heard about here [in Montego Bay], to provide additional capacity for the west and to support the existing situation at the CRH,” said Henry, while speaking at Friday’s