A state-of-the art paediatric and maternal hospital is listed among the capital projects to be funded under the Ministry of Health’s budget this year, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced yesterday.
Of the $16.1B allocated to the ministry’s major expansion in public health care facilities project, $14.1B will be used in the design and construction of the hospital and the upgrading of the West Demerara and Bartica regional hospitals.
While funds will be spent to construct the new hospital, Singh told the House that monies will also be channeled to strengthen health facilities with related equipment and family planning services.
