The 60-year-old Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland, which has long overshot its 190-bed capacity, is to get some relief as one of three beneficiaries of this year’s Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run, which is seeking to rake in $100 million. Dr Suman Vemu, the hospital’s chief medical officer, told this week’s Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange that the Type B hospital in western Jamaica will be utilising the windfall to alleviate.
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland The chronic shortage of space at the Savanna-la-Mar Public Hospital will soon be alleviated as plans are in the pipeline to expand the facility come next financial y.
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is redirecting some of the blame for the overcrowding at Savanna-la-Mar Hospital's accident and emergency ward to Mayor Bertel Moore for his alleged failure to provide space for social patients now.
WESTERN BUREAU: A TEARY-eyed Bertel Moore, mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, has decried the overcrowding condition at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital accident and emergency ward. He noted that the problem of inadequate bed space at the medical facility must be.