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Sunday, August 04, 2013 | 2:34 PMST JAMES, Jamaica — The Dietary Unit at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay has been refurbished at a cost of $20 million provided by the National Health Fund.The unit was officially reopened on Friday, August 2 by Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson. The Health Minister said that the expansion of the dietary unit became important given the increase in patient load at the hospital.“Previously the kitchen was providing meals for 350 patients, now it has moved to 500. With this increase, there was a need to ensure that the output of the department was in keeping with patient demand,” Dr Ferguson said.Under the project the existing drainage system was modified and a new system also put in place to accommodate the new equipment, the kitchen was modified to improve food flow in the area and standard operating procedures were established. Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jamaicaobserverFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamaicaObserver
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Cornwall Regional Hospital dietary unit gets $20m refurbishing
