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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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