FALMOUTH, Trelawny — When disaster threatened in the past, frail residents of Trelawny Infirmary would be uprooted from the place they call home and carefully placed in a shelter at Hague Primary and Infant School. Falmouth Mayor C Junior Gager is happy those days are behind them.

The old infirmary can no longer be used as it was badly damaged by last October’s Hurricane Melissa; a new building is almost completed.

“It is a big relief! The residents will now feel at home when we move them into this new facility, because they sort of take it hard when you move them from their surroundings that they are comfortable in and take them to a new area. We would have the problem of taking up everything — removing the beds, taking them up to Hague. Now they will be in one place where they will feel comfortable and more relaxed, so it’s a big burden off us,” Gager said.