Government’s on-again, off-again new hospital is on again.
And Minister of Health John Boyce says a $15 million pre-feasibility study on a replacement for the ageing Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on Martindale’s Road, St Michael, will soon begin.
Since 2010, Government has been pondering the feasibility a new $800 million hospital that officials said would likely be sited in Kingsland, Christ Church, while consideration was also given to revamping and recapitalizing the QEH.
Boyce said a further step had been taken with Cabinet agreeing to move into the stage of preliminary investigations into the site and the feasibility of the facility.
He said funds were being identified and Government was trying to take advantage of the “softest possible” source, that is, attracting the least interest payments, if any.
“That work will start shortly and we look forward to being able to tell the country more about the construction of a new hospital in very, very short order,” he added. “This activity will add to our growth environment which is so important as part of our fiscal restructuring.”
The minister said the study would include traffic management and what other facilities would be included in the complex. (AB)
