Dialysis centre not in operation ,,anodda yaad beaut

[evanovitch]

Six months after the official handing over of a multi-million dollar dialysis centre to the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, the facility is yet to become operational.

<span style="font-weight: bold">However</span>, this has come as no surprise as when the building was officially handed over, it was revealed that the <span style="font-weight: bold">dialysis machines were unable to function using the water at the hospital.</span>

The building and machines, valued at $22-million, were donated by Spanish Town businessman Ernest Hoo, in memory of his mother who died of kidney failure several years ago at the hospital.

Mr. Hoo says he is disappointed that his donations are not being utilized.

&quot;I cannot get an explanation as to the reason and I cannot think of a reason ... they keep telling me that the water is not purified enough and it has some kind of bacteria but I don't have anything to do with that and outside of that, I am positive that that must be a complaint that they can rectify in short order.&quot;

Mr. Hoo added that his attempts to contact Health Minister Ruddy Spencer for him to step in, has been unsuccessful.

When contacted the hospital's Chief Executive Officer David Coombs said efforts are being made to address the problem.

[tsophra]

Re: Dialysis centre not in operation ,,anodda yaad beaut

shame

[CeaBee]

Re: Dialysis centre not in operation ,,anodda yaad beaut

my parents have friends that moved back home (from ATL) to retire.

after the man developed health problems and needed dialysis on a regular basis...them sell everyting in jamaica and move back to ATL (this was bout a year after them did move back home)

[evanovitch]

Re: Dialysis centre not in operation ,,anodda yaad beaut

chile mi did know some people who di husban wait till di lassss pickney finish college fi claim length a service wid him job, geck retirement an go home..house well build, wife go dung two years before...reach yaad not even a year, got a hiccup session an dead...fi real....cause u know seh u fi get attention once u reach hospital r it can put strain pon u heart...man dead juss so...fi real..juss so..