‘A long, hard journey’

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth — Even as four major wards are set to reopen today at the 180-bed Black River Hospital, the memory of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa exactly a year ago lingers in the minds of many here.

Chief executive officer at the Black River Hospital Diana Brown-Miller still remembers the moment the roofs of all major buildings were ripped off and how staff had to rush to move babies to safety during the ordeal.

Last Friday the hospital administrator monitored the final work on the four wards with anticipation for a return to normalcy.