Darroux gives details of new national hospital

Darroux addressed visiting Dominicans on Tuesday
Darroux addressed visiting Dominicans on Tuesday

Minster for Health and Environment, Dr. Kenneth Darroux has given details of the much talked about, China-funded new hospital to be constructed here.

He addressed visiting Dominica at the government’s annual Diaspora Forum at the State House on Tuesday.

He said the facility will amount to 16,500 square meters of new construction, 4,160 square meters of general repairs to existing buildings which will not be demolished, 400 meters of roof guttering and a total number of 372 beds as opposed to the current 230 beds.

Major aspects of the hospital’s infrastructure will be involved in the construction process, he said.

Darroux explained that two buildings are set to accommodate both male and female medical and surgical patients, pediatrics, and gynecology. Two new medical technology three-floor buildings will also be built to house clinical labs, blood bank services, dialysis services, a radiology department, ultra-sound department, a new intensive care unit department, a new pathology department and a new operating theatre with four operating rooms.

The facility will also include a new all-patient department, which is a two-floor building which will hold the information desk and accounting department and registration desk, accommodation will also be provided for the administrative department on the first floor. In that building, the dispensary, gynaecology and paediatric services will be housed on the ground floor. The first floor will house the internal medicine all patient services.

A second-floor building will be dedicated to the new and modern accident and emergency department accompanied with an emergency operating room set apart from the four initial operating rooms. Single and double teaching departments and classrooms will be made available for consultants and students along with a theatre-styled lecture hall. The Eye Care department will also b accommodated fairly.

Darroux stated that general repairs will be undertaken to the following: the old central sterile services, kitchen maintenance, the Francisca Dorival Complex, central medical stalls and the morgue. External repairs will include road rehabilitation and construction of new lanes and landscaping including installation of external solar lights.

There will be the supply and installation of two new generators, with new electrical and water supply lines, communication systems comprising of surveillance and monitoring equipment.

Construction of the new Hospital is at a cost of $40-million and is funded by the government and the People’s Republic of China. The project will be undertaken in seven phases and is expected to be completed within a period of 30 months.

 

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16 Comments

  1. Magwaysa
    November 5, 2016

    God we honestly pray to you to deliver Dominicans from these bunch of WICKED and LIEING MEN and WOMEN parading as government. God please hear the cry of the suffering people especially our children.

  2. The Architect
    November 5, 2016

    Sad, sad story with de Chinese … Instead of enhancing the Chinese to build a total new complex at a new site with helicopter landing facility younallow them to start anothe ruine spoiling your contry. Btw you could help them to get rid of their plastic image by urging them to use “green” and high quality materials on a natural island! Make them to start a reference project as a part of new strategy in Chinese developing grant to natural paradieses…

    Skerrit – never too late to carry out a mistake! You ‘d better been at the Latin American Summit in Vienna instead of sitting with the Arabs!
    Check VAMED, an Austrian company constructing turn-key ready medical facilities worldwide.

  3. CONSCIOUS
    November 3, 2016

    Everyone knew it was not going to be a new jospital. Shame on you for advertising it as that. How dare you advertise ir as such. Do you believe the Domi ican population is so ignorant of reality? This is so sad.

    • Gold Watch
      November 4, 2016

      Yes, he is a big fibber.

      Notice, he is always well-dressed, smells like a Frenchman and check out the gold ring and even golder watch!

      Where is all that money coming from? I thought we were poor?

  4. Francis charles
    November 3, 2016

    yeah I agree.

  5. Roseau River
    November 3, 2016

    Hopefully, this project is completed within 30 months and not a day longer. Too many projects start in DA and never seem to finish….please make this import institution an exception.

  6. November 3, 2016

    I cannot believe anything this dlp administration says even if I am a laborite. To me they are a bunch of impressionist, full time liars, and manufacturers of deception. Yes, they have Chinese fencing hospital just before independence to give people especially those in the diaspora, the impression that they working so they could call a snap election again to stay in power. But people need to understand that the presence of Chinese does not mean it is real. Let’s not forget after Erika destroyed Dominica, especially the EO LeBlanc highway those Chinese built, Skerrit reported to the nation that Dominica had gotten an early Christmas gift from China to rebuild the west coast road that was so heavily damaged. That was in 2015. 2016 almost finish and I have not seen Chinese. All we have seen is two friends of the pm from portsmouth, that never build a toilet, on west coast road most times without the supervision of an engineer. Too much lies, deception and corruption

  7. Shameless
    November 2, 2016

    Bad , Bad planing. Why did you not just build a New hospital somewhere else and after renovate this one to serve as a Children’s and Maternity General Hospital? Total lack of foresight. Laybar kar maltwavaye. :twisted:

    Always Assertive! :twisted:

  8. Tell the Facts
    November 2, 2016

    Pleased to know about this new national hospital and the progress. It will be necessary for those who need those services.
    Fellow D/cans this does not mean you should not take good care of your health. Precaution is better than cure especially when young.
    Some nationals lived to be a ripe old age and did not require hospital care; some, not until their latter years.
    Eat your healthy fruits, vegetables. Drink juices, milk, herb tea and water and whatever else is also necessary for good health and longevity,
    Enjoy your beautiful country with its sun; rain too :lol: and other natural resources which God has endowed you. All serve a useful purpose.
    Most of you have a computer system. Access health information.
    Know that God gave us a body. He expects us to live well, happily and peacefully, eat well, sleep well and take good care of ourselves.
    Yes! We will be held accountable how we live and treat our bodies.
    God bless!

  9. Goodwill
    November 2, 2016

    The Chinese just build a road to Portsmouth and during every rain fall some part of the road falling apart, so how on God’s Green Dominica we still want these guys to build a place where will care for our ill noh?
    They never allow locals on the project because they say that they cant speak the language, but when they go to Europe to build the locals there are employed in the construction sites. It seems like our negotiators are bullied into signing some shady deals.

  10. Da
    November 2, 2016

    Check the past contractual records of all Chinese companies because the Chinese build a hospital in Zambia and after a few years 3 quarters of the building fell down. First of all what is the communication means between the guys and our Dominican engineers?

  11. troof
    November 2, 2016

    laughable. a construction zone right on top on the existing hospital which has no AC in the patient wards just opened windows and blowing fans. I pray to GOD that i never fall sick and have to end up in that place during that period. Can you imagine someone with bronchial or asthma problems having trouble breathing, to only be inhaling dust and cement on a daily? running out of nebulizers and oxygen because of that same fact. then there is the noise. Disaster waiting to happen my friends.

    • Tell the Facts
      November 2, 2016

      Why do you not inquire if and/or suggest whether AC units will be installed? I recognize that these could be necessary especially from June to August when the weather could be extremely hot.
      You must comprehend that AC units require much maintenance. They do not always operate properly. The cost of repairs could also be exorbitant. Therefore, think twice and more before you talk and write. Everything costs money. Talk is cheap.

      • FORKIT
        November 4, 2016

        there doh even have bandage is a/c they will install… sort

    • Faceup
      November 3, 2016

      Yep People sick at that time in P.M.H will be collateral damage.

    • FORKIT
      November 4, 2016

      so that tells is its a renovation.. boy dominica have foolish people wi.

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