IN JAMAICA: US$20m medical facility slated for St James....construction of a state-of- the- art medical facility at a cost of US$20 million in the upscale community of Cinnamon Hill in Rose Hall, St James.

Friday, March 14, 2014 | 5:51 PM 

ST JAMES, Jamaica -- Hospiten Group, a Spanish-based company, Friday morning announced that it will begin construction of a state-of- the- art medical facility at a cost of US$20 million in the upscale community of Cinnamon Hill in Rose Hall, St James.

Construction for the 22-bed facility is expected to begin within another few weeks and should be completed by the end of next year.

Dr Pedro Luis Cobiella

The full-service facility will be equipped with an Image Diagnosis Centre, a Surgical Block, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a Clinical Analysis Lab and a 24/7 Emergency Room.

“The project is slated for completion during the second half of 2015 and will create more than 300 direct jobs and the equivalent during construction, Hospiten's chairman, Dr Pedro Luis Cobiella, said during a presentation at the Montego Bay Convention Centre Friday.

Addressing government officials, medical personnel and members of the business community, Dr Cobiella said the Group's maxim has always been to achieve excellence in the services provided, "both in medicine and in patient care, the result of which is that all our hospitals have obtained international recognition for quality and excellence in services and management". 

An important part of that achievement, he noted, lies in understanding, respecting and adapting to the environment, "to the different cultures of the places we settle in". more