Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the functional completion of the central block of the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) marks the continued modernisation of the health system, as technology had been embedded in the operations of the building.

Speaking at the opening ceremony on March 10, Deyalsingh said the building to date cost an estimated $1.3 billion to date and would contain 540 beds. He described how these beds would be allocated.

“There will be 15 paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) beds dedicated to that purpose, 13 paediatric high dependence unit (HDU) beds and 66 beds in paediatric wards. Paediatrics will be returned to PoSGH. There will be ten coronary unit beds, 194 beds in surgical wards and 216 beds in medical wards.