No new updates on the Cancer Centre
Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office Lionel Hurst did not have any updates on the health facility during this week’s Post Cabinet Press Briefing.
The new owners of the facility were undergoing equipment assessments after purchasing the Michael’s Mount building during the summer of 2024 for EC$13 million.
Delays then ensued again after the previous owner demanded to be paid a significant amount of money for what was reported to be “old equipment”.
“The question about the equipment on the inside has posed some difficulty. The advice we have gotten from experts is to replace them rather than to rehabilitate them.
So, we are looking at what essentially is scrap so the answer to the previous owners who wanted a significant amount for basically scrap metal,” Hurst added.
The Centre closed its doors back in April 2023 but news broke that it would be reopened but under new management many cancer patients and members of the public expressed delight as it would be more convenient and less costly to seek treatment rather than having to travel.
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