Tufton breathes sigh of relief at emergency unit opening

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A relieved Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton on Friday thanked Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness for not relieving him of his ministerial post, despite calls for his head, when the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) project dragged on for years.

“I want to give him absolute credit, he and the Cabinet,” Tufton said, before making his point in a light-hearted manner that prompted laughter from guests at the ground-breaking ceremony for CRH’s Accident & Emergency Department.

“Between you and I — and don’t tell him — there were a few times I think him faith in me was a little weary, you know. Wondering, ‘Bwoy, is this man going to really deliver? Should I throw him to the kerb?’ And between you and I — and don’t tell him — I figure some of you here were pressuring him to do the same thing,” Tufton said adding to the amusement.