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$800,000 deal signed to renovate two clinics

As of Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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PHA Managing Director Herbert Brown is pictured giving remarks at the contract singing for renovations of South Beach Clinic and Flamingo Gardens Clinic with Dr Michael Darville and local contractors Ralph Hanna, of Ralph Hanna II Construction, and Lionel Glinton, of LG Builders Construction. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

By RASHAD ROLLE

Tribune staff Reporter

rrolle@tribunemedia.net

THE Christie Administration has awarded nearly $800,000 in contracts to two companies to renovate the South Beach Health Centre and the Flamingo Gardens Clinic.

Pineridge MP Dr Michael Darville, who has been made responsible for National Health Insurance, announced the contract awards during a press conference at the South Beach Health Centre.

He said: “The execution of two contracts for the renovation, refurbishment and in some cases, the expansion of public clinicians in our nation, represents a unique synergy of the public and pirate sectors, through the continuing efforts of the ministry of health, the public hospitals authority, the ministry of works and various private contractors working together to achieve the greatest results and greatest value for the Bahamian people.”

Dr Darville said the renovation of the clinics is important to the development of NHI, the first phase of which officials say will be rolled out in the first week of April.

The contracts awarded yesterday will allow for repairs to the roofs of both clinics.

Exam rooms, bathrooms and the clinics’ interiors also will be upgraded.

The lighting in the South Beach Health Centre that was damaged by Hurricane Matthew will be restored and both clinics will have their exterior and boundary walls repaired and refurbished.

A contract worth $497,000 was awarded to Builders Construction Company for the renovation of the South Beach Health Centre while a contract worth $298,884 has been awarded to Ralph Hanna II Construction Company to renovate the Flamingo Gardens Clinic.

Dr Darville said similar announcements of contracts awards for the renovation of other clinics in the country should follow soon.  

Dr Darville did not take questions about NHI more broadly yesterday.

As the timeline for the rolling out of NHI’s primary care phase nears, there remains a lack of clarity about the status of many essential elements of the scheme.

The registration of medical providers is ongoing and will end at the end of this month.

It’s unclear, however, when a public insurer will be selected or when the NHI’s regulations will be finalized.

It’s also unclear whether an information management system will be up and running with the capacity to handle data connected with the scheme.

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