During a visit to Region Six on Saturday, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence was informed that all three operating theatres at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital were functioning properly.
Lawrence, and a team which included Member of Parliament, John Adams and PAHO/WHO country representative, Dr. William Adu-Krow, along with the media, visited the National Psychiatric Hospital at Fort Canje, the New Amsterdam Public Hospital and the Skeldon Public Hospital.
Dr. Vineshri Khirodhar, Acting Medical Superintendent at the New Amsterdam Hospital explained that one of the theatres had been briefly out of commission due to a faulty light which has since been fixed. Two of the theatres are used for general surgery, while the third one is used for ophthalmology operations.