Tobago: The completion of a new state-of-the-art 100-bed hospital at Signal Hill, Tobago, has been delayed by four months, says Patrick Caesar, the project manager of the National Insurance Property Development Company Limited.
The hospital was to be completed by the end of June but has now been pushed back to October.
The fully-equipped hospital is estimated to cost approximately $725 million and will have facilities that are three times those in the current institution, according to a statement from the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).
The facilities include 14 out-patients beds, 12 mental health, 31 surgical, 12 paediatrics, 31 medical, 12 maternity as well as two operating rooms in theatre, one same day surgery room and four recovery beds.
The Accident and Emergency Unit contains 18 rooms for general and private observation, nebulising, resuscitation and isolation for treatment of fever and intestinal complaints. Pieces of modern equipment have already being installed at the new hospital including digital x-ray units, the most modern in the Caribbean region.
Chief Secretary of the THA, Orville London says while the Assembly is disappointed in the four-month delay, he assures that this will not interfere with the start of delivery of services in six to nine months.
He says the project has reached the point where Tobagonians will have a first-class facility of which they will be proud, adding that it compares favourably and superior to almost any in the region.
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