The Mabaruma Hospital in Region One benefited from key safety and green upgrades under a United Kingdom (UK)-funded project and the role of the health staff is now seen as a pivotal area going forward.
Implemented by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, President Irfaan Ali commissioned the US$750,000 works on Monday.
A PAHO release yesterday noted that the Mabaruma Smart facility is one of five being retrofitted to become safer, greener, and more resilient to natural disasters and climate change. It is the fourth facility to be completed following the Diamond Diagnostic Centre in April 2021, the Lethem Regional Hospital in October 2021 and the Leonora Cottage Hospital on August 9th. The release said that on November 1st, 2020 Chung’s Global Enterprise started the retrofitting which despite being challenged by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the remoteness of the facility was completed last month.