UHWI a fire hazard - Ageing hospital not fit to get fire certificate; most public hospitals operating without permit

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UHWI a fire hazard - Ageing hospital not fit to get fire certificate; most public hospitals operating without permit

For more than a decade, the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), the Caribbean region’s premier teaching medical institution, has been operating in breach of Jamaica’s fire safety standards. The revelation comes as the hospital faced an...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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