Come the first quarter of 2025, the Port-of-Spain General Hospital is expected to have a facelift with its new Central Block.
This is the assurance coming from the Senior Project Manager, the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (UDeCOTT) Sunil Ramnath.
In a press release from UDeCOTT yesterday, it was revealed that Ramnath confirmed this to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, UDeCOTT’s chairman Noel Garcia, CEO Tamica Charles and officials from the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA).
UDeCOTT also said from September to December 2024, medical and engineering staff assigned to the block will undergo rigorous training in tandem with testing and commissioning of medical equipment and its systems.
Last year, a local contractor replaced the Shanghai Construction Group to demolish the old Central block of the hospital.
At the time, Garcia told the media that the new Central block should be completed by March 2024.