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Hospitals and health centres need renovating

July 10, 2017 5:55 pm

Four million dollars has been allocated for the maintenance of health centres and hospitals around the country.

Minister for Health and Medical Services, Rosy Akbar told parliament yesterday she found that many of these facilities were below standard needed to be renovated.

“I have been disappointed by some poor state of buildings where we expect our staff to work and our patients to work. I have made no secret of my wish to tackle the back law of repairs and maintenance of buildings and equipment’s.”

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The Health and Medical Services Ministry received a sum of three hundred and twenty-one point two million dollars in the 2017/2018 national budget.