Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (centre), interacts with Matron at the St. Elizabeth Infirmary, Bianca Mitchell-Smith, and Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon (right), during a tour of the facility in Santa Cruz on Friday (October 9). (Photo: Okoye Henry/JIS)
The Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is hitting back at criticism that the Holness administration is not doing enough to help those people worst impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
Minister McKenzie addressed the issue during a tour of the St. Elizabeth Infirmary last Friday.
Desmond McKenzie, Minister of Local Government and Community Development.
The infirmary in St. Elizabeth is set to benefit from a $100 million upgrade.
Minister McKenzie says the upgrade will include the paving of the infirmary’s yard, the upgrading of the female and isolation wards, the enhancement of the staff administrative area and the replacement of windows in the wards.
Phase one of the upgrade, which cost $40 million, saw the construction of a fence, improvements to the laundry area and wards and the addition of a room for security guards.
