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Contact:
Claudia Monlouis
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - Victoria Hospital is the recipient of a huge
shot in the arm from the National Insurance Corporation, which puts the hospital
on the verge of adding several new features to its operations. Two fully
equipped operating theatres, a three bed recovery room, a six bed intensive care
unit, air conditioning system, medical gas system and endoscopy room are just
some of the apparatus that will form a new wing to be commissioned by mid year.
This gift to the hospital and the people of Saint Lucia coincides with the
national observance of St. Lucia’s 25th Independence, as well as 25 years of NIC’s
existence. Director of NIC, Emma Hippolyte says this gift is the NIC’s way of
bolstering key aspects of the health care provided by the hospital.
She explained that notwithstanding the construction of a new health facility on
the Millennium Highway, health care would continue to be delivered at Victoria
Hospital until the new hospital project was fully completed and operational.
“Consequently, when we assessed it (Victoria Hospital), we felt that it was
important to present this gift at this time, so that the average Saint Lucian
would benefit from an improved health care at Victoria Hospital”, she said.
Since the NIC’s announcement, the Ministry of Health, the hospital
administration and the NIC have formed a committee to spearhead the
implementation of the project. Ms. Hippolyte expressed her satisfaction with the
committee and said she was looking forward to the establishment of the project
in July of this year.
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