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Jamaica<\/p>\n

The long-overdue upgrade of hospital infrastructure to improve service delivery in the public healthcare system is being hampered by government red tape, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton charged on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been criticised for paying attention to the upgrading of public-health infrastructure and giving money to the private sector,\u201d he told the signing ceremony for the Code Care Project under which the Government is partnering with private medical institutions to clear a backlog in elective surgeries caused by the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that is a shorted-sighted view,\u201d Tufton added before pinpointing the time-consuming procurement process as a major contributor to the delays.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is, the Code Care programme does assign substantial amounts of money to upgrade our operating theatres in three or four hospitals, but that is taking some time, and I will say with great trepidation and disappointment that we have not spent a dollar yet on the upgrading because of the procurement process,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we get the list, they say we need to get X, we need to get Y. We have the money to spend, but by the time you go through the procurement process is maybe one year before you get some of the stuff, and that is why the other complementary components are very important,\u201d he explained. \u201cSometimes when we are criticised, the system \u2013 maybe for good cause \u2013 sometimes becomes a restriction for advancing the process that is taking place to upgrade some of these institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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