Festival City Health Centre to be reconstructed

…Discussions for a Kitty health Centre ongoing

Residents of Festival City, Sophia, Albouystown and Kitty are soon to benefit from better health care. A new health centre is to be constructed at Festival City, and discussions are ongoing for the erection of a health centre at Kitty and for the Albouystown Health Centre to undergo improvement.
Coming out of a recent meeting between the Public Health Minister and the Mayor of Georgetown, it was decided that the Public Health Ministry and the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) would oversee these works.
According to Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence, “We are at the stage where we have already designed, and are about to go to tender. So what I discussed with her (Mayor Chase-Greene) is our approach in terms of the billboard we want to put up so the community could see what is coming.”
The new centre at Festival City will remain at its current location on Aubrey Barker and Blue Mountain Roads in North Ruimveldt, but a ramp will be constructed at the entrance to cater to persons with disabilities.
The two-storey building will house additional services besides those that are already offered, making it a community hospital.
Laboratory, X-Ray and Ultrasound services would be provided there, as also would be the establishment of an adolescent clinic.
A health centre for Kitty, which can be facilitated at the upper flat of the Kitty Market complex, was also discussed.
The Public Health Ministry would also work with the Albouystown Health centre to ensure this facility can effectively provide the level of health care needed by the community.