Health Minister, Terrence Deyalsingh, has revealed that the Augustus Long Hospital (ALH) in Pointe-a-Pierre will soon be converted into the South Cancer Centre by June or July.
Deyalsingh made this announcement yesterday (Monday, 25 March), when he promised a significant boost to the way the ministry treats cancer.
He was speaking at an autoclave handover ceremony at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital.
He said that the oncology unit at the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) would be moved to the ALH, starting with eight beds.
“San Fernando is going to have its first government-funded palliative care unit at Augustus Long.”
Deyalsingh said ALH would be on par with the St James Medical Centre in terms of chemotherapy and so on.
He added that the move was thanks to the co-operation of Energy and Energy Industries Minister Stuart Young, who was instrumental in transferring the property to the SWRHA.