Port Kaituma Hospital to get $150M of upgrades

The main building which will house critical service areas such as the Accident and Emergency unit (DPI photo)

The Port Kaituma Hospital Complex will soon be the beneficiary of $150 million worth of remedial works to provide improved workspace for staff and better healthcare delivery for patients.

According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) release, the $150 million contract should be signed shortly by the Ministry of Public Health and these corrective works should commence by the first week in September. 

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence recently led a team to conduct an assessment of the complex to have a look at the areas were the works will take place. She noted that based on the scope of works to be done, the staff should be able to inhabit the new complex as early as November.