Bath Regional Hospital scheduled for early 2025 completion
The Bath Settlement Hospital under construction under construction
More than 30,000 residents of Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) are set to benefit from enhanced healthcare services when construction of the state-of-the-art Regional Hospital at Bath Settlement, valued at over $6 billion, has been completed.
During a site inspection on Tuesday, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony announced that the Bath Settlement Hospital is slated for completion by the first quarter of next year.
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony in discussion with contractors
“The work is a little bit more advanced than that of Number 75 (hospital). They have been working on doing the tiling. I expect that, by early next month, the ceiling will be in place as well. There will be other (works) that they will be doing. By February, you will start seeing the installation of the equipment, so that the hospital can be ready by the first quarter,” Dr Anthony has said.
The completed Bath Settlement Hospital would feature a 24-hour Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department that is equipped with a theatre to deliver prompt medical care for minor fractures and other injuries.
Dr Anthony explained that the hospital’s outpatient section would include several consultation rooms, allowing specialists to provide both primary healthcare and specialised services to patients.
The interior of the building
Further, the Imaging Suite, consisting of digital X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds and laboratories, would offer a range of quality services. Additionally, the top floor of the institution would feature two operating theatres, a delivery room, an intensive care unit (ICU), and a recovery room.
“So, one section deals with all of these surgical kinds of capabilities of the hospital, and obstetrics and gynaecology area. And then we [will] have in-patient services, where we are catering for 75 in-patients.
These are divided into rooms of five, and with each five beds, we [will] have a toilet and a bath. These rooms, which will be fully functional, will be enclosed with A/C,” Dr Anthony highlighted.
Importantly, the health facility would be classified a level four hospital, eradicating the necessity for persons to be referred to hospitals in Georgetown or New Amsterdam.
The health facility is being constructed by China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, Sinopharm.
