Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said that Warner should be considered as a possible location for the construction of the new state-of-the-art hospital which is being funded by the Chinese government.
He was speaking at the launching ceremony for the new National Strategic Plan for Health at the Fort Young Hotel yesterday, where he proposed that the Princess Margaret Hospital could be then transformed into a type-three hospital to cater for the health needs of citizens and Roseau and environs.
“The Chinese government – our dear friends – have agreed to finance the construction of our hospital. And I want to be a bit provocative here this morning and hoping we can generously [make] discussions with the Ministry of Health.
“And my question to the Ministry of Health and to the Dominican people that should we not consider a new location for this new hospital? And turn the PMH into a type-three hospital to serve the primary health care needs of the citizens of the city of Roseau and environs. And of course the government has about 290 acres of land I understand at Warner, which is a possible location,” he stated.
My goodness. I CHOOSE to belive that you people are only joking . I cannot believe that Dominican are so nuts that they will not see the potential in having one a new hospital and two having that hospital in Warner.
So what there are hills to get to Warner. But there are hills everywhere in Da.
Yes there are not many people living there. Thank God for that Where are you going to find the amount of land necessary you need to build a State of the Art hospital?
Have youguys ever heard what they say IF you build it they will come?” Roads will be improved , Jobs will come .
Yes, I think this prime minister knew exactly what he was talking about . I was born in Warner .So please people stop thinking that we are lkess that we are . What is so great about Grand bay, Marigot ,or even Roseau . They have nothing better than us. Besides ,don’t you think, A place for a hospital should be quiet ,tranquil and yes should have people who enjoy praying. Yep Warner has the best of the best. so STOP trashing us .
Rahill
Great news.. i wanna see the reaction when we learn we have to pay for health care.. cause with new high tech hospital come’s high maintainance , who gonna pay the bills.. de country already broke.
I love Skeritt’s keep hope alive attitude, but The top of a mountain ridge has always been a poor choice for a major hospital. If not so why not put it in Girodel or Grand bay then? (sorry..Grandbay is the last thing in their plans, but at least it will be closer to sea level).
I BELIEVE THAT BY HAVING A HOSPITAL IN A SMALL AND SAVE COMMUNITY
EVEN IF ITS ON THE OUTSKIRTS WILL I TURN CHANGE THE SIMPLE LIFE OF THE PPL.
AM FROM WARNER AND I BELIEVE THAT THE PM NEED TO SIT WITH THE PPL OF THAT COMMUNTY CAUSE HE IS CHANGING OUR LIFE FOR BOTH BETTER AND WORST.
WARNER PEOPLE START LOCKING UR DOORS ITS A NEW……….
When disaster strike and the hills and mountains start to melt like wax , the volcanoes start to belch out gases, ash and stones, the lakes start to flush out . Who are you all going to praise??? shout for , scream for, LIE for, curse one another for………………………………………..let us wait and see.
What is dat i hearing there nuh!!!!!! The PM forgeting is first gear we have to put our vehices to climb warner hill man!!!
Mr PM think twice, three times, four times about that Warner thing. How many roads do we have in and out of Warner? At least we have a few options to PMH – Charles Ave, Federation drive, Link Rod and even Bath Estate back road. What are we doing about the Mahaut bottle neck? Have you thought of what would happen if you (or a visiting dignitary) had a heart attack in Financial Centre? Would you call in an air ambulance into Canefield rather than going to Warner?
I wonder why China wants to help Christians? hmmm maybe we should contemplate.
mr. prime minister this is a good suggestion but you fail to realise one thing amongs many is that we cannot even get to lie on a proper bed and to get the proper care we need with those we have i woould suggest that you upgrade our hhosppitals around the country so we do not have to travel to other countries for health care and pay so much extra money we do not have before you could think of another hospital. put the momey where it is really need
too far from night landing airport
Excellent ideas. I’ve been thinking along the same lines so I agree with you. I am not against the new proposed hospital but Marigot and Portsmouth needs to be upgraded particularly Marigot. After the upgrade, they need new medical professionals there. The people there act as if they are doing you a favor when you are a patient but who can really blame them? Sometimes all they have for all ailments is paracetamol.
didnt hear u talk about payment. Hope my fellow domincans know that with all the high tech ur referring to it takes money to maintain it.
So as from now, get them to lose the habit of FREENESS. how do u think martinque hospital never misses anything. because even to get television service in one of the rooms u pay EURO30.00 per day.
Our people brain is saturated with FREENESS. we want new hospital people we should bear in mind the cost of using and getting served there.
@ Precious I SUPPORT U 100%
So the Chinese have advised PM Skerrit again.. And he falls for it… Just sell the country to the Chinese and send us back to Afrika and Kalinago country…
I think he is asking for advise as to best location, he made a suggestion and sends it out to be discussed. Don;t get where u comment is coming from.
I am struggling to find a country in the Caribbean where the main hospital is located outside the capital city. Even internationally it is difficult to find a main hospital located outside a major urban centre, so why would the gov’t of Dominica want to have the island’s main hospital in a small village? I guess that is thinking outside the box.
Guadeloupe, the general hospital is in Pointe-A-Pitre, St. Croix, the eneral hospital is in Sunny Isles…I am sure there are others.
The Prime Minister’s call for considerations to be given for the consturction of a new state of the art modern hospital in Warner has my fullest support. Warner is a more centrally located area than Goodwill and there is adequate land space available for the construction of a modern facility with most if not all medical facilities and services available and accessible by all Dominicans. Such a facility will be a place where hopefully most if not all minor and major medical cases will be handled.
However, I am concerned about the current state of most of our medical facilities around the island. While I welcome this call for the authorities to consider this development in our health care services, there is need to upgrade the Portsmouth and Marigot hospitals in full fledge hospitals. There is also need to upgrade the La Plaine and Grand Bay facilities and all the health centres around the island in general. Some of these facilities need to be given a face lift and provided with adequate nursing staff and medications.
The Princess Margaret Hospital could be turned into a modern primary health care facility with facilities for occupational and physical therapy. The nursing faculty of the Dominica State College could be established there as well. In fact the Nursing Faculty could be upgraded to a health and Medical Services Faculty and offer other programs like Medical Technology, Dental Technology, All levels of Nursing including training for Physio therapists, Medial Transcriptionists etc. Another consideration would be the expansion of All Saints University by enabling them to establish an annex at the PMH for additional classrooms instructions. There is also a need for conference and meeting facilities in Dominica and part of the PHM could be developed into a conference and expo centre that would create more opportunties for Dominica to host regional and internationalconferences and tradeshows.
In getting back to the Prime MInister’s call. I really want to urge the authorities to seriously consider upgrading the Marigot hospital in keeping with the upgrading of the Melville Airport and Melville Hall to Roseau road development programme.
As regards Portsmouth, as a major hub for yachts and rapidly develping suburb the hospital there need to be seriously upgraded. I suggest that the Portsmouth Hospital be put under the full management of the Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM), and that the facility be expanded and upgrade at least to the current PMH status.
In closing I look forward to seeing the new hospital at Warner built…it will be good for Dominica. I also look forward to seeing the Marigot hospital upgraded in keeping with the airport upgrading and the Portsmouth hospital upgraded and put under the management of RUSM and all the clinics and health centres around the island upgraded since health and wellness is so critical especially as the demand for these services become more demanding…it will also be good for Dominica.
A man from possie??? shame on you.
Yes I am from Portsmouth but you must be realistic. More than one 40% of Dominica’s population is concentrated along the west-southwest of Dominica from St. Joseph to Soufriere. The Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) has outlived its usefulness as Dominica’s general hospital. The PMH could be put to other uses while a new site has to be sorted out for the construction of a new modern general hospital. Every island must have a general or main hospital. Most are within the capital city or in close proximity to the Capital city. Warner in my opinion is a suitable location, it doesn’t matter who makes the recommendation whether it’s the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition. I am anindependent person and if any one says something and I believe in my humble opinion it good then I will support it.
I also believe that the Portsmouth Hospital needs to be upgraded and expanded as well to a full fledge hospital as well. I did mention that as well. Did you skip that part? I also believe that the Government should let the Ross University manage the Portsmouth Hospital.
I also believe that as part of the Melville Hall airport upgrading that the Marigot Hospital should also be upgraded.
If it is shame on me to support a statement made by the Prime Minister then that’s fine with me. Just want to let you know, I do not support political parties, I support good ideas and in this case the Prime Minister’s idea is good.
What is wrong with u people, why do u always have to be negative, the PM SAIB A POSIBLE SITE.What we have in goobwill is worse than some of the dirt clinics in africa.Many of u have not ventured out of DA and enter some of the health fasilities around the world and compare them with what we have as our main hospital,i have and it is shamefull, so please give the man a break.He has done more for DA than the past six PM.s combined.
What in the name of common sense is wrong with SOME Dominicans.
A new hospital should be welcomed. Anyone would think that SOME Dominicans would be happy with a bush doctor (and maybe we should also go back to using donkeys).
A new hospital would generate jobs. If the PM is thinking right, he would ask the people to vote for where the hospital should be situated. Hopefully the majority would vote for the vicinity of Melville Hall (that where my vote would be), and I dont even live the that area, but I can see the positives.
As for PMH servicing Roseau and its surrounds, thats a good idea, but it must not be forgotten and left to decay.
Why can’t SOME Dominicans be more positive and embrase changes and challenges with an open mind, and stop puting politics in everything. They are the same ones that complain that Dominica is lagging behind other caribbean islands.
ok and why dont u like the Melville hall area?
just asking..
I’m not sure what your question is, but I’ll presume you mean as somewhere to live.
My family resides in Roseau and the surrounds, and being used to 24 hour shopping (OK we dont have that in Dominica), but Roseau has all the shops and amenities.
lets just hope the planning authorities or those responsible for finding a good site are smarter than the PM. Mr PM, you put a hospital where your population is and for easy access, you going to build a highway to Warner. if you going to be a new hospital in DA, it can be nowhere else but Roseau or Portsmouth. It has nothing to do with labour or UWP or freedom, he just has a peanut brain. Think Mr PM think.
good luck to those of you who have to live under such a naive administration, sorry.
PLEASE NAME A SIGHT IN ROSEAU THAT THE HOSPITAL CAN BE BUILT ON?
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL PEOPLE? STOP LOOKING AT A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Good point Prissy….I would love to know where in Roseau u can build another…
Roseau is already to heavily congested.
True major hospitals are usually built where the majority resides, but other parts of the world tend to have more than a couple of major hospitals situated in every city/town (even some small villages in the UK have hospitals), and lets not forget other parts of the island, they also need a look in. Not all new ventures need to be in Roseau (which means all the jobs will be in Roseau).
all you really JEALOUS ROSEAU PEOPLE. WE THE PEOPLE OF ROSEAU WILL ALWAYS BE ABOVE THE REST BECAUSE WE ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE, CAPABLE, FULL OF CLASS, DIGNIFIED AND BEAUTIFUL AND WHEN WE TALK PEOPLE LISTEN
BUT YOU COUNTRY FOLKS
LISTEN TO YOURSELF
Blle VISAIGE MAY MOVE CHARACTER ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL YOU OPEN ALL YOU MOTH TO SPEAK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>TALKING REAL BACKWARD AND STILL DRESSING IN SHOCKING COLOR CLOTHING. CHEAP SLIPPERS MATCHING COLORS LIKE NEVER SEE COME SEE> ALL YOU CAN TAKE ALL JOBS AND EVERYTHING BUT WE STILL THERE AND ABOVE THE REST.
TAKE THAT BY THE BAY. BIG UP ROSEAU PASSY WE HOLDING ON……………….. ONLY A ROSEAU PM CAN SAVE DOMINICA OUT OF ALL THE EMBARRASSMENT OF DOMINICA TAKING PLACE.
STOP BEING JEALOUS OF US…………………..Jalousy say mete sorsay……….
Roseau and Portsmouth are not the only areas in dominica with people putting a hospital in the center of the island makes a lot of sense.Wh at about the people who lives in Grandbay and other southern villages, what about Laplain disaster can happen anywhere in Dominica.U pep
ople are the same ones complaining about the airport so it’s not concern that u are concern about anything happening at the airpot.U are all playing politics Domnicans never like seeing other dominicans like them make progress,stay at a lower level than dem and they are happy.I can see why we were better than most of the islands in the east caribbean and now we are at the bottom of the ladde.
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That man just says what he wants off the top of his head…chueeepse! And dominicans like it too! Foolish people!
now i know y u talk all these nonsense i got it when u talked about being a gangster u never have possitive to say on here think i will skip your post from now on
Now the heat is on about the Presidential Palace the smartest thing for Skerritt to say is new hospital coming. Dominicans this man is a pathological liar. Wake up! He is just trying to take the heat out of the Presidential Palace. They have no loan agreement prepared, they will be fooled by the Chinese. Stop waiting on hand outs and plan productive projects so Dominicans can work for themselves. These rogues should wake up and stop dreaming and getting fat on the chinese food while the chinese are laughing at them in a language that they do not understand.
What the PM is throwing out to the public is the idea of a more centralised hospital for Dominica, wherever it is.
I have experienced being in an ambulance trying to get to Roseau for a possible apencitis operation from the north. The driving of Fire and Ambulance service was skillful, but when we reached Mahaut and Massacre it was delay and traffic jam. Layou, St.Joseph, Warner is central to the island as a whole. (Get this Roseau fixation out of your minds).
What he is suggesting is that we look at the big picture, start a fresh and work out what is most central. When Princess Margatet Hospital was built in the guava bushes and old lime trees at Goodwill many Roseau people protested that the then government was putting the hospital in the bush. Look at Goodwill now! That was 55 years ago. In fifty years time somewhere central on the crowded west coast may seem to be a very sensible and far sighted decision.
give skerro a break I myself dosn’t even worry when mr. saying his things it bound to be a bath dey give de boy.As u c deer he don even tell his cabinet dat yet….poor garson
Another bunch of crap…. why not UPGRADE THE HOSPITAL IN PORTSMOUTH to a state of a HOSPITAL???? It’s more like a health clinic where you go for free paracetamol.. please.. I rather go to private doctor. That hospital needs upgrading in all sense of the word… It need equipments and training for the nurses to respond quickly and accurately. WHY NOT MAKE THE WARDS MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING AT PMH??? Seriously? build another in efficient hospital??? joke you making… It’s better to have one really good hospital than have a bunch of crap hospital. That just upset me…. please
I am in total agreement with your comments.
Money should be spent upgrading and modernising the hospitals available, as well as making available more village clinics.
Why build another? Will this new hospital be run and managed by the Chinese?
just shows why dominicans who are successful and proffessional overseas dont return due to lack of foresight over the years by its leaders….wonder when will dominica ever get it right!
a man get a stroke and dies because of the hospital not equip with the nesscary tools and human skilled medical personal…i think dominica is just a big joke…they have a kid as their PM all he does is smile and the people ……leave our PM alone he handsome…what utter rubbish…
Dominican overall are just talkers and nothing to show in the end…..this island maybe blessed in terms of its vegetation and topography etc….but the humans who reside their seem to have A……what ever clouded in their everyday judgement!
The idea is great but location is questionable. We have our main airport in the Marigot/ Wesley area and soon we expect to have night landing (by night landing I don’t mean any thing negative), which means we will experience an increase of human trafic; Marigot has an unequipped health center with just a few beds and we don’t own a helicopter far less an Air Ambulance. God forbid, should we have anything close to the crash we had in the 90’s we would again proove that we are not able to save people like we did in the late 90’s when the young boy survived the crash but by the time he was driven to Roseau died shortly after. At that time since UWP was in power and Mr. James being from Marigot, and they intended to build an international airport around the same vicinity, I really thought he would see the need for a State Of The Art hospital in that area. But they were too busy KA FE KAYSHOY TOO PATOO that they did not see that one. I think Mr. Skerrit would regain my confidence in him inspite of his bad ways, if he would build a hospital anywhere between Calibishie and Castle Bruce.
In 2004 the PM said he recieve 300million dollars not sure if it was us to ec for 4 pillar projects (1) the stadium with cost 40 million dollars plus we had o add 7 million dollars, (2) the brand new west cost road but now it is a rehabilation costing 175 million dollars and the we not sure what going to happen in massacre and mahaut, (3) the rehabilitaion of the hospital and additions to it, (4) a school. we have used 215 million of the 300 and remain 85 million for the hospital and school. So now i am lost what new hospital is china suppose to be funding? can we get some clarity or is this just a part of the four pillar project in that case the funds remaining seem in adequate for a new hospital
Mr. PM
Instead of building a new hospital why not upgrade the PMH, Portsmouth Hospital and Marigot Health Center?
good thought of having state of the art. but can we maintain it .the chinese will build it and we have to maintain. also i do hope the chinese doctors and nurses who will be working there would please get a degre in english to help with the patience and the staff. not like the stores they occupy and send you to the english employee they employ for support in english.. will it be built on the chinese land in werner. well the other thing is how often will the ambulance have to climb of that hill and burn more gas and overheat. think again my brother.
A new hospital is a great idea but the location……………COME ON MAN!!! WARNER????Put the ting a better place please Mr PM!!!
People Listen..> The PM said a POSSIBLE LOCATION he did not say IT IS THE LOCATION… Please read and understand what he is saying bfore battering the PM. Let the people of Faith do some praying and let it all be in God’s hand and he will deicde…. pray about this… we have to pray about this…
i think we are looking at the saame bahamas fiasco we must be careful with the chinease what we do not realise the chinease are trying to grt as close to the americas as as p[osible becauyse they are becoming a world power and what the rusian could not do theya re doing it the russian try it by using cuba but i think the chinease are being are success .in the bahamas the chinease government wanted about 2000 work permits for chinease worker s just because they were giving the loan to build a multi billion resort money is never free.
http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/bahamas.php?news_id=3480&start=0&category_id=25
yes THE GUARD…. Thanks for being one of those stupid Dominican to talk there shit.
I mean why we always have to be like that the PM say he going to make a stadium , u guys said it would never build, now it build u saying we don’t need it.
He said he going to make d west coast road, maybe it came later than expected now it reach you guys crying saying Dominicans is not working on that project..
Just want to ask. If someone is offering to build a home for you but neither you or your family will be employed in that project. what would be your answer?
NOW the PM talking about a Hospital you guys still have questions and stupid statements
Just leave the man do what he have to do
I could not agree more…you’re absolutely right!!
we needs tools in our hospital..too much wasting money in martinique and guadeloupe…we just need tools .. that president house project needs to be scraped for later…the office is too ceremonial an unnationalistic ..it doesn’t affect the populist ..the hospital does.. not Warner though…we more need to save lives rather than putting grown up men with all their money to further live in luxury on tax payers money..that president thing too high key for a non political office.
I hope you can pay back your “dear friends” , your closest friend is always your worst potential enemy!!!
The PM knows that Warner is not suitable so what is the game here. Is it that when the people say the site is not suitable we will hear that the medical school is going there, after all we will be remimded that it is the people who said the site is not suitable. So we will be told why not give it to the medical school whch is now in Roseau. So who owns that medical school and will get 290 acres of land. Are we in for another villas type scandal.
Oh, I forgot to mention that according to the story, the site in Warner is NOT etched in stone. The story said “Warner SHOULD BE CONSIDERED as a POSSIBLE location…….”(caps mine for emphasis). So why is it people bawling so much as if the site was already chosen?
How DARE Skerrit even propose the idea that Dominica need a state of the art hospital? How DARE he thinks that Dominicans need 21st century health care? Can’t he see that people are quite happy with Princess Margaret Hospital? How DARE he thinks we deserve better?
LOL………Dominicans not easy.
just shows how dominicans dont think outside of the box period this PM will lead them to be destroyed…come on let think of it nothing is wrong with the present site and goodwill wow seems dominica has alot of money hidden underground to run existing PMH and then build a new one up where…where im hearing warner…come on the logistics arent right…going up that hill isnt a smart transporting aspect heading towards a hospital only if the redesign the road wear and tear on vehicles is a killer on that hill…buses with full loads of passenger dont even pass that route..
its time we get serious in dominica this PM will soon tell Dominicans let all come and worship him up by his 8 owned villas….thats a sign of a dictator creeping up…heard what he told scotiabank…hmm all out PM before would allow the nesccary bodies to carry out their functions but this guy seems to know it all and calls all shots…God help Dominica please….they have made a HUGE mistake….DLP SUCKS TO THE BONE…..thinking everyone in dominica is foolish…
what im hearing warn who or warner..what low thinking has this island come to….what a shame..they even wanted to build a international airport there see how dum they are! wow
so because u might have a problem with the pm and the villas issue so da should stay staggnent
nothing else should matter its so fuuny those guys that wont show up for work i cant blame them
they listten to people like u so thats all they have to do but the pm mind at work so da will go
forward if those guys wld show up and stay at work then am sure a propper place cld be aggreed on
for the new one oh and t my 2 cents u got a great mind keep up the possitive lecture u come with
like the song forward we go they sing it all day but dont act it
2 thumbs up for a new state of the art hospital…. but Warner? come on man where’s ur commonsense mister PM, aRE YOU GOIN TO BUILD A straight raod to that hospital? or have altenative routes? We dominicans must stop jump everytime Skerrit speaks, or do we have chicken brains? remmember the deal was the china people would do the stadium, the westcoast road and state of the art hospital at the PMH, in other words upgrade the PMH to a state of the art Hospital now he coming talk about Warner? i mean yes Warner is part of Domininca but just look at the road to warner. Well i guess thats the next level he was talking about!
The name of that game is psychological manipulation! Can’t you people see that everytime this man is under fire he announces more promises or unviles bogus projects? Is this hospital a loan or a gtant? Please Sir, let the people know, and while we are at it, could you please make the former agreement public for all to see? We Demand transparency now? Thank you Mr. brisbane for taking the lead on the transparency Now Revolution! Before the sharks. the lynch mob get ready to lynch me, and mis-nterpret what I say, let me infomr them that I am not talking about violent revolution, I am talking about a people’s non-violent, civil movement!!!
While a new site for this state of the art hospital seems appropriate, Warner is not the best site for the following reasons:
1. The road in Mahaut and Massacre is a death trap.
2. Certain parts of the Warner Road is much too steep to allow easy access for emergency vehicles.
If Warner is indeed the final location, we will have a Marigot Airport situation all over again, i.e., a new terminal and refurbished runway with poor road access leading in and out of Marigot. Not to mention that one lane bridge with no illumination, signs or barriers capable of protecting drivers.
Do our leaders think about the details before they speak publicly? Relocating the prison at Stock Farm is a much better idea. This new hospital should be housed in one or two buildings with at least 8-10 floors each. This will minimize the need for a large expanse of land.
FROM JAH
Warner? dude all you have to do is to rebuild the PMH into a state of the art facility. All the land you need to do that is there. have you driven on the road to Warner (steepness). Rebuild the PMH in stages and go up about 3 or 4 stories high and you will have all the hospital you will need for DA. You want to build something at Warner let it be some medical facility. Mister brain is really in his lower back. how does this man think?
IT MUST BE REALLY HARD TO THINK LIKE A UWP… BECAUSE THE THINGS THESE FOOLS WRITE, I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND IT. OMG THESE PEOPLE ARE SO POLITICAL ALL THE TIME, SO IDIOTIC ALL THE TIME….
I definitely know why Edison and Norris Prevost are UWP and why Julius Timothy left.
@ third side.guess you’ve never travelled..just imagine in cuba alone, one of their eye hospitals is more than 12 floors, so what is so wrong if the improve on the PHM and just give it a few more tiers, eh? i think that is a splendid idea and indeed the PMH is in dire need of rebuilding and refirnishing………so go put on yr thinking cap if you got one, and think sensibly.
You just confirmed it…really easy to be a UWP..all you need to qualify as a uwp member is just have stupid thoughts
Some people are so negative….why not support the idea of a new hospital? Dominica needs it desperately. Instead we complain about this and about that! Stop being ignorant and unappreciative. If China wants to fund the new hospital, why not? And would it be such a bad idea for China to bring some of their Doctors to practice Medicine in the Island? We need as many qualified Nurses and Doctors to attend to our sick. Why should we travel to Guadeloupe, Trinidad, and other neighboring Islands; even the U.S. for Medical care? That should not be necessary. We should have our own state of the art hospital here on the Island, where our people can get adequate care and treatment. We need a Cancer Center desperately, as so many of our people are dying of the disease. What about people who are seriously injured in accident and need a life changing surgery; and they have to be flown out of Dominica because there isn’t proper medical equipment to perform the surgery. Have you thought about that? Obviously not!
Those who oppose China doing so, do you have the money to fund it yourself? If you do then why don’t you? Instead you are criticizing and bringing election into this. We talk about wanting to improve Dominica but every time something positive happens we condemn and try to pull down the people who are responsible for lifting up Dominica. Wake up and stop opposing positive change! We are the ones bringing and pulling down Dominica and its people not strangers.
If your concern is about the location and the terrain of the area where the hospital will be built, then that is understandable. And i do hope that it will be built on relatively flat land with easy access and good roads. However, one cannot be ignorant and narrow-minded about a new hospital. This is a good thing for us all! So let us support the Prime Minister for his role in having this done. It isn’t about politics or who likes or dislikes him. It is about a better medical facility for our people to receive the care they deserve!
Thank you!
Mr Prime Minister,
YOU ARE ASKING FOR MONEY TO DO ALLOT OF THINGS. SOME OF WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND SOME ARE NOT. WHILE YOU ARE AT IT ASKING FOR MONEY TO BUILD A NEW HOSPITAL, WHICH WILL BE A STONE THROW FROM THE PRINCESS MARGARETTE HOSPITAL AND WILL AGAIN ACCOMMODATE ALL OF YOUR ROSEAU PEOPLE AND IT’S SURROUNDINGS, WHY DON’T YOU ASK FOR SOME MONEY TO UPGRADE THE PORTSMOUTH HOSPITAL WHERE PEOPLE ARE TREATED LIKE CATTLE’S DURING AN EMERGENCY. IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN PORTSMOUTH, ONE HAS TO WAIT FOR AN AMBULANCE TO TAKE THEM TO ROSEAU WHERE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THEY DYING WHILE DOING THAT, OR DIE DURING THE LONG HARD RIDE TO ROSEAU HOSPITAL. MR PRIME MINISTER, DO YOU THINK THAT IS FAIR TO THE PEOPLE OF PORTSMOUTH AND IT’S SURROUNDING? INSTEAD OF ALLOCATING $27, MILLION ON A STATE HOUSE WHERE ONLY ONE MAN LIVES, WHY DON’T YOU ALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO HELP UPGRADE THE PORTSMOUTH HOSPITAL. FOR THE LIVES THAT YOU SAVE TODAY FROM PORTSMOUTH WILL BE THE VOTES WHICH YOU MAY NEED TOMORROW TO BE ELECTED AGAIN. SAVE A LIFE.
Who`s going to run this state of art Hospital??? is it the chinese doctors and nurses. I ask this guestions because our present hospitals and clinics are under staffed. Some of our hospital i would swear running on remote control.
Boyyyyyyyyy, dat sound like my partner ehh!!!!!
bring that possie
Thankful to the Chinese who will be funding this project. I believe that a new hospital is needed as long as it is a very well equipped hospital.
People are commenting that perhaps they should fix the old one. Could it be that it is easier to build a new one?
To those who complain about the chinese wanting to bring their nurses/ doctors – what is wrong with this? You guys need to open your minds to the idea of multiculturalism. Why do you Dominicans want to remain in a stagnant state? It seems that Dominicans rather complain and stay where they are rather than move forward.
I cannot believe that you guys are getting a free hospital funded by another govt, yet you guys are complaining about minor things? What’s more important……keeping that crap call PMH or getting a new one which i am sure the Chinese will do an amazing job on.
And why the complaints? Our people are good enough to go to China and study, visit, live…but they are not good enough to come to ours?
Get real people…the world is changing and if Dominica wants to advance, we need to learn to change with the world.
Does that mean that he is going to forego a new state house?
Money is not free. However, if the Chinese put in certain state of the art equipment, the hospital could be a draw for medical travelers who go to other countries to get procedures and treatment done cheaper as well as cancer patients seeking alternative therapies.
Think before you build.
A new hospital is a need for Dominica right now…with new equipment, private wards etc… I just hope this is not another “pie in the sky”. Along with the physical improvements, we also need improvement in the human resource capabilities (i.e. better trained persons) and attitudes of medical personnel!
Warner? dude all you have to do is to rebuild the PMH into a state of the art facility. All the land you need to do that is there. have you driven on the road to Warner (steepness). Rebuild the PMH in stages and go up about 3 or 4 stories high and you will have all the hospital you will need for DA. You want to build something at Warner let it be some medical facility. Mister brain is really in his lower back. how does this man think?
From More propaganda
Wake up Dominicans. Read between the lines. In the article it states and I quote “…or the construction of the new state-of-the-art hospital which is being funded by the Chinese government.”
So now the Chinese government will be superior in our health. Next thing when this hospital is built, they – the Chinese – will be bringing in their own doctors, nurses et al. Not a good look at all for DA. Mark my words…
WHAT A BLOODY IDIOT. THIS IS THE SAME GUY THAT SAID WHEN THE STADIUM IS BUILT, IS CHINESE ATHLETES THAT WOULD OCCUPY THE STADIUM.
HE IS THE SAME ONE THAT TOLD US, WHEN THE ROAD IS COMPLETE, IS CHINESE VEHICLES AND DRIVERS THAT WILL USE THE ROAD
AND HE ALSO SAID THAT THE CHINESE MONETARY AID WAS FAKE AND WE SHOULD PASS IT ON TO AFRICA
ITS REALLY TOUGH BEING A UWP THESE DAYS BOY….THEY CAN’T THINK.
THEY ALL LOOK LIKE HECTOR JOHN NOW
PM!! You getting Mad or something?
Plenty people will die on Mahaut Road before reaching that Hospital because of the bottleneck on that road.
I suspect these days you does just speak without considering all the circumstances
Again I think it is another ploy of the PM to divert the attention of those who are calling on him to respond to allegation of curruption. Here are two imortant reasons for my belief: 1. If he is so serious about that, why did he not discuss it with the ministry of health and get their blessing before he brings it out to the public? Why use Fort Young Hotel to pose the question to the ministry of heath? #2. Why is the PM announcing plan for a STATE OF THE ART HOSPITAL for warner and he is not even sure about the land? Notice his words people “Government has about 290 acres of land I UNDERSTAND in Warner.” The implication is he is not sure about that. Why announce it to the public Mr. PM. Be sure about it and get the blessing of the ministry of health before you announce it.
I think this is a good move to have a modern hospital so we will spend less time going over seas for basic treatments. I want to ask the PM and the Minister of health what about our qulaified doctors that are out of jobs in the country after they come back from studying. They fail to relaize that these doctors took loans to go and study and they have to pay the financial instutions, how they expect them to pay back, while the PM is saying to us we must pay institution like the AID Bank. How thye expect these people to pay, by doing and getting invoved in what they are not suppose too?, There are indeed vacancies in the health sector. The Minster and his assosicates are getting these doctors frustrated as they are professionals with degrees. Sooner or later something real dratic will happen and the Minister will say if he had known. Mr. David Johnson is also an oppessor of these young doctors and he is pretending to have the health sector under control, one thing Mr. Johnson must realize he has children and what he do to someone will come back a bite him again what goes around comes around.
for once I must agree with the Tycoon, though not totally !
The Hospital should be moved to a new site outside, preferably to the north of Roseau on an expanse of land that could include adequate landscaping creating a holistic atmosphere for recovery and convalescence.
The present site is too crowded and not in keeping with modern trends in holistic wellness and medical therapy
Wake up Dominicans. Read between the lines. In the article it states and I quote “…or the construction of the new state-of-the-art hospital which is being funded by the Chinese government.”
So now the Chinese government will be superior in our health. Next thing when this hospital is built, they – the Chinese – will be bringing in their own doctors, nurses et al. Not a good look at all for DA. Mark my words…
That’s what i’m talking about my P.M.
DEVELOPMENT!
That’s a great innovation.We really need a new hospital,and more high tech too.
This also means that we will need more nurses ,midwives,Doctors ect………So there will be more employment opportunities in the country.
It is very interesting and a good move by the P.M to build another hospital in Dominica. Please bear in mind that a medical facility is to be easily accessable by the public and as such, I think although Warner has flat land, it is not the best palce for a hospital.
I suggest the flat land with coconut and tall palm trees on it , located in that area after you pass Tarru going towards Layou.
I am not certain if this is the viable option, as that land can be very unstadable. Remember the floods a couple years back. Not sure how suitable it is for building. And if it is suitable I think a hotel would be better suited there, being close to teh beach and what not
well that’s good news i must say,,,but is there a suitable road network in case of emergencies,,,,,why not improve the P.M.H n have 2 state of the art hospitals,,,,what bout people from g/bay n the south communities,,,,,including roseau south n environs,,,,indeed thats over 45000 people left with a next 2 nothing health care,,,,not making sense to me,,,,isn’t roseau the capital,,,,what if an emergency happened at the port,,,,at canefield,,,,,at the trafalgar falls etc,,,what if a bank robbery occured n people were injured,,,what if a bomb was let off in the financial center,,,would the p.m.h able to cater since it would be secondary n the doctors would possibly transferred to warner,,,,, i don’t trust a speeding ambulance with me n my relatives to warner,,,,no papi,,,,can a helicopter land near the supposed site to transfer an ill person abroad,,,,well is it gonna have a chopper deck above it,,,,i welcome such news but don’t neglect the p.m.h,,,,,infact why not use that money n enhance the p.m.h,,,,,so much machines are needed,,,,the public would rather b happy knowing the p.m.h is being transformed to a world class hospital than going to have just another one at warner,,,,think think think,,,,i don’t think u all think hard enough,,,,skerrititist is a mental health deteriorating disease
Good idea,your approved….
The extraoedinary work that is being done on a 100 yard section of the Warner road located just before a recently cut off road which is protected by a steel gate seems to me that the decision to use Warner was made long ago. Some however believe that a certain medical school will be there as well or all by itself.
um dno,,,i’m afraid the new features will cause great distress for those who suffer from Skerrititist,,, symptoms of skerritist is
the random discharge of colour-hypnosis,,,it’s more frequent every 5 yrs during the elections n goes full blown on election day,,,,
u will find it in those who support the boycotting of O.D Brisbane & Sons
to get a round up of such people with this disease u can find them at the Red Clinic seeking a cure from Skerrititist
it is not contagious but can find its way into ur system by constant tolerance of non-sensical statements
two real cures of Skerrititist are paying attention to mouth of the south on d.n.o and listening to Matt in the morning,,,i do hope this is posted so our people can better protect themselves from such mental health deteriorating disease