Business View Caribbean | October 2020

32 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN OCTOBER 2020 to improve your facilities? Lamm: “Through the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), the Government of Jamaica, there is a loan/grant facility as part of an intervention for upgrades at St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital. It will be a phased project and we are now working on finalizing the design. The first phase will be a new Outpatients Department, Electronic Medical Records Department and enhancements to the Diagnostic Center in the radiology department to facilitate the addition of new X-ray machines and a CT scan machine. The first phase will also see us having an intensive care unit, which we’ve never had. So, we’ll be able to provide ICU beds and service for people in need. And we’ll be introducing nephrology services (renal care) in the region through that intervention. We’re expecting to see the infrastructure and construction work completed at St. Ann’s Bay Hospital in the next five years. “Under that same IDB/GOJ initiative, we will also see the construction and equipping of a new district health center for the Ocho Rios community. It will be built in a space more conducive to client care than the current facility, which is no longer in an ideal location with the build-out of Ocho Rios and is underserving the needs of the community. Another new district health center will also be built in the Brown’s Town District. Additionally, the St Ann’s Bay Health Centre will be upgraded to a Comprehensive Health Centre, which will see an expansion of the services given at the primary care level. These projects are all in the design phase. “Outside of the IDB intervention, through the Ministry of Health & Wellness, and the National Health Fund, we’re also building a new district health center in the Buff Bay community of Portland. Construction started on that 13-month project in July and is going well. And in St. Mary at the Annotto Bay Hospital, we are building a new laboratory department, which will have Committed to providing the highest quality scientific, medical and dental products in the industry. Our mission is to continue to offer all the healthcare products you need under one roof, at a competitive price. Helping you help others