The new Bayview Urgent Care Centre will be providing some free medical services annually, up to the value of BDS$150,000 to Barbadians in partnership with the Ministry of Health.The services to be covered are still to be agreed.Chairman of the Bayview Hospital Peter Harris said that individuals requiring urgent medical services but unable to afford it, will be able to go to the Ministry of Health and receive a stamped referral document giving approval following which they are able to attend the Bayview Urgent Care Centre and receive the service they require.“So then, we offset the cost of that particular service against the credit we have given the Ministry of Health. That goes until the $150,000 is used up annually,” explained Harris.The model has been in place for diagnostic radiology services for X-rays, CT scan, ultra sound and MRIs for the past ten years.This further social responsibility commitment came last Friday as officials broke ground for the construction of a $12 million multi-purpose, state-of-the-art urgent care facility at the Bayview Hospital site in St Paul’s Avenue, St Michael.
