Gov’t Recommits to Increasing Cornwall Regional Hospital Rehabilitation Budget to $14.1Bn

• The Government has recommitted to increasing the budget for restoration work on the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St. James, to $14.1Bn. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, reaffirmed this while addressing journalists following a tour of the Type A facility on Saturday (April 1).
• Initially, $5Bn was allocated towards the rehabilitation work, which began in 2019 and was intended to be executed in multiple phases. However, several issues were identified as the project progressed, necessitating the need for further specialized skills and talents to complete the reconstruction process that has now entered phase three.
• The Prime Minister assured the public that the completed rehabilitation process will result in a world-class hospital that can rival any hospital globally, and it will likely be the leading hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean. The anticipated completion date for the CRH's rehabilitation is March 2025.
• The CRH along with the Western Children and Adolescents Hospital, being built on the compound at a cost of US$43Mn, will offer state-of-the-art services and facilities to the citizens of St. James and, by extension, western Jamaica.

(Source: JIS News)