Spanish Town Hospital to return to normal after Nicole floods

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine:Health Minister Rudyard Spencer said on Thursday that he would be working with the National Works Agency and the parish council in an effort to avoid a recurrence of the flooding at the Spanish Town Hospital.

The hospital was flooded recently when Tropical Storm Nicole pounded the island.

Speaking during a tour of the hospital, Spencer said work has already begun on the drains, adding that efforts were currently underway to begin work on other sections of the facility.

The hospital's Accident and Emergency Unit had to be relocated as a result of heavy rains which affected the island recently. The minister said the facility should return to normal in four weeks.