Couva is getting a state of the art medical lab that is to be built and equipped by PSC Nitrogen at a cost of $4 million.
The lab will be located on lands owned by the South West Regional Health Authority (SWHRA) next to the existing Couva Health Facility.
The SWHRA will manage the facility, which will provide a whole range of free medical laboratory services for thousands of patients in the jurisdiction of the health authority. Construction will start in August.
Most the tests are now done at the San Fernando General Hospital and patients have lengthy wait times for these procedures. The Couva facility, which will be completed in about 18 months will ease this backlog and make deliver tests results in a more timely manner.
PSC Nitrogen and representatives of the health ministry signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the facility Friday at the ministry's offices in Port of Spain.
Chairman of the SWRHA Dr Lackram Bodoe has said the lab is expected to serve more than 162,000 people.
The MP for Couva South, Rudranath Indarsingh, has welcomed the lab in his constituency, saying it appears that it is "divine intervention" that caused officials to decide to locate it in Couva.
Health Minister Therese Baptiste-Cornelis has said PCS Nitrogen would be granted exemption from any duties, assessments, levies and imposts on any machinery, equipment, furnishings or materials imported by the company for use in the lab.
She said other private companies have approached her ministry to offer assistance to build a paediatric hospital for Chaguanas. However she said the government has not made a decision yet on that matter.
The lab will be located on lands owned by the South West Regional Health Authority (SWHRA) next to the existing Couva Health Facility.
The SWHRA will manage the facility, which will provide a whole range of free medical laboratory services for thousands of patients in the jurisdiction of the health authority. Construction will start in August.
Most the tests are now done at the San Fernando General Hospital and patients have lengthy wait times for these procedures. The Couva facility, which will be completed in about 18 months will ease this backlog and make deliver tests results in a more timely manner.
Chairman of the SWRHA Dr Lackram Bodoe has said the lab is expected to serve more than 162,000 people.
The MP for Couva South, Rudranath Indarsingh, has welcomed the lab in his constituency, saying it appears that it is "divine intervention" that caused officials to decide to locate it in Couva.
Health Minister Therese Baptiste-Cornelis has said PCS Nitrogen would be granted exemption from any duties, assessments, levies and imposts on any machinery, equipment, furnishings or materials imported by the company for use in the lab.
She said other private companies have approached her ministry to offer assistance to build a paediatric hospital for Chaguanas. However she said the government has not made a decision yet on that matter.
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