Commencing next year, surgical specimens and biopsies for patients at the Mandeville Regional Hospital will no longer have to be sent to Cornwall Regional Hospital for processing, following the opening of the Histopathology Laboratory on Thursday.
This is expected to significantly reduce waiting time for test results, and will serve the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and St Elizabeth.
The laboratory was built through the collaborative effort of the Lions Club of Mandeville, the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund and the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA).
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton thanked the partners for their joint effort, dating back to 2017, which mobilised more than $80 million towards the delivery of the lab.
and tucker barnes is in today for tony who is in for steve. let s focus on today. today s holiday first. let s get to it. rain showers across the area. sleet mixing in here and there. won t amount to much unless you re well off to the north and west. we have a winter weather advisory. i ll show you that in a minute. showers up towards beltsville, columbia and a little batch back to the west of leesberg. scattered in nature, most of the morning rain we re done with now and left with clouds throughout the day. but we are still concerned with the possibility of freezing out there on roadways well off to the north and west. i want to show you the winter weather advisory for counties off to the north and west. up in hagerstown, cumberland, southern pennsylvania, there might be a few problem spots. but generally speaking, temperatures too warm to support anything other than wet roadways here in the washington area. let s tack a take a look at our temperatures. 44 degrees ri