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Prime Minister Anthony during the hospital tour. * GIS photo
Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says the New National Hospital has been a long time in coming but nevertheless much anticipated as a vital milestone in the history of health care delivery in Saint Lucia.
Saint’s Lucia’s New National Hospital represents the largest single investment that the European Union has ever made in the sub-region.
The prime minister recently toured the facility, which is at an advanced stage of construction, along with EU Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, His Excellency Mr. Mikael Barford, and a high-ranking delegation.
“Finally we are beginning to see the new national hospital in all its splendour. It has been a long journey, it’s been a long gestation. Your Excellency I think it has been over ten years from the very first time when the policies were fashioned to create this hospital to acquisition, to design and then to commencement, and of course, it has spanned two administrations. It has been for us a very, very long journey.”
Prime Minister Anthony noted the overwhelming gratitude of the country to the European Union for this invaluable demonstration of generosity.
The hospital complex on the Millennium Highway will incorporate the amalgamation of the New National Hospital, the National Mental Wellness Centre and the Turning Point Drug Rehabilitation Centre, representing a total revolution in the island’s standard of holistic health care delivery.
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what about the St Jude hospital that is located in your constituency for which you refuse to put in more more funds for completion and it continues to languish at the stadium. You played political football promising that it would be completed and now its 4 yrs and nothing is happening. Shame on you to treat Vieux-Fortians like that who continue to vote for you
well its a nice gesture to name it after our colonial ties with europe.afterall they financed..80% of the hospital..and the 20% GOSL... wished they could name each wing which the design and construction now rep.. by one of st lucia's self sacrificing public servants like the Late Mr.Romanus Lansiquot..one thing that new hospital lacks is a guest/public cafeteria..u mean to tell me if visitors come to see their loved ones..they will have to carry their food with them or buy food from vendors outside the hospital..come on...ppl.. BIZ PPL ..HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO START A RESTAURANT NEAR THIS NEW HOSPITAL
It should be named Saint Lucy's Hospital after our Patron saint, not National, it has to have a name. It's not national anyway because it will mostly be serving the north and St Jude's, the south. National is a Commie term btw.