PM TOURS COUVA CHILDREN's HOSPITAL

Architect's design of hospital

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar tours the Couva Children's Hospital Tuesday afternoon.  

The hospital is one of several new facilities that the People's Partnership government has promised to build at different locations in Trinidad & Tobago.

The hospital, which is almost ready for opening, stands on a 60 acre site on lands from the former Caroni (1975) Limited. 

Funding for the institution is through a Government to Government arrangement with China.

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The Children’s Hospital will include a Multi-Training Centre for Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacology. It will be a self-contained, centralized medical facility equipped with the most modern and high-end medical equipment.

When completed it will have:

• 230 Beds
• A Burns Care Unit
• A Central Pharmacy
• Children’s and Adult’s Casualty Clinic
• Helicopter Rooftop Access for Emergencies

There will also be a housing facility to serve as a hotel, guest house or residence as well as a shopping mall. The institution will be an integral part of the development of Health Care Tourism in Trinidad & Tobago.

The project is a Design-Finance-Construct model.

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