Lennox Linton has expressed delight at the resumption of construction at the Marigot Hospital site. He said he had been advocating for the construction to continue for a long time and is glad to see it materializing now. The opposition leader and Marigot MP made this known during the Hospital Authority Bill debate which held on Monday in parliament.
Linton said it is unfair that anyone would suggest that he didn’t want to see the hospital come to fruition. This is because, according to him, he was the first person to ask the government to utilize CBI funds to construct the hospital instead of waitng endlessly for help from Mexico.
“I was the first individual to point out that Dominica had enough money from its Citizenship By Investment Program to build the hospital at Marigot and therefore did not need to be waiting indefinitely on the $13.5 million that has been promised by Mexico,” Linton stated.
The opposition leader said he does not mind the name given to the hospital insofar it is located in Marigot to serve the entire north east health district. According to him, whether it is called Marigot Hospital or North East Hospital does not matter to him, but to see the project completed and serving its purpose.
He praised the architectural design of the hospital and said he was satisfied with the level of work achieved at the site. He noted that the new facility is a major improvement on the old project that was upgraded. Upon completion, he said the hospital will meet the healthcare needs of the north east just like other major hospitals have been doing across the country.
In a related development, the new Hospital Authority Act will be signed into law on August 1. This was revealed by PM Roosevelt Skerrit who said the signing of the act into law will facilitate the formation of a board of directors to oversee hospital management and healthcare services in Dominica.
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