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The new geriatric hospital is to be constructed in two phases at Waterford, St Michael and should be completed in just under two years at a cost of $1.307 million for phase one of the project.
No projections have yet been made for the cost of phase two of the three-storey state-of-the-art facility, as officials are hoping that donations will make
Government’s plan to build a new state-of-the-art Geriatric Hospital has been welcomed by the manager of the existing facility who says the Beckles Road, St Michael plant is not adequate to meet the needs of either clients or staff.According to Heather Payne-Drakes, the current hospital built in the 19th Century is not conducive to delivering optimum medical care or promoting independent living for clients.Additionally, she lamented that there is low morale among staff because the facilities and programmes do not cater to their administrative and recreational requirements.“In addition to providing for our clients, we also are concerned with our staff. The present facility basically provides for the care of clients in the absence of staff amenities, which does not augur well for staff morale,” Payne-Drakes said during Wednesday’s Barbados Tourism Investment Inc (BTI) virtual public consultation on the proposed construction of a new hospital at Waterford Bottom, St Michael, withi
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