The new proposed site for the mass cold-storage site for COVID-19 victims will be announced as soon as next week.
This was disclosed to Guardian Media by President of the Association of Funeral Home Professionals of T&T Keith Belgrove.
The association announced its decision to withdraw from the initial site at Beaucarro in Freeport on December 27, after residents spoke out against it expressing health and safety concerns.
After listening to Beaucarro’s residents, Belgrove indicated that they were working on identifying new areas to establish new facilities.
“They’re working on it and I’m assuming that by mid next week we can make a public announcement,” Belgrove said yesterday.
Asked if consultations were done with residents and other stakeholders on the new proposed site Belgrove replied: “Well we will make the announcement at that time.”
On December 18, 2021, Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram first disclosed that the Ministry of Health wanted to set up a large storage facility for COVID-19 fatalities, as morgues were said to be running out of space.
Parasram said the ministry had partnered with funeral homes through a memorandum of understanding to establish such a site.