Budget 2022 expands the capacity of medical professionals to deliver improved service to all segments of the Vincentian society.
The Ministry of Health and the Environment is allocated $106.7 million in capital and recurrent spending in Budget 2022, this includes 61 new posts within the Ministry of Health. These posts add $1.4 million to the Budget. Additional COVID-specific health expenditure will also take place through CDB and World Bank-funded projects.
Physical works on clinics and hospitals will account for over $6 million of the Capital Budget. This includes a $1.7 million allocation for extensive rehabilitation of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital.
A further $1.8 million will upgrade health facilities at Calliaqua, Cedars, Chateaubelair, Georgetown, Greiggs, Lowmans, Mayreau, Rose Hall, Sandy Bay, Stubbs, and Union Island.
Budget 2022 also provides for a modern health clinic in South Rivers and further post-volcano rehabilitative works to the Modern Medical and Diagnostic Centre at Georgetown.
A further $1.3 million – in addition to the $1.8 million spent in 2021 – to equip, train and arm our vector control staff with the tools to contain mosquitoes and Dengue Fever.