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JAMAICA | Ten Years, Seven Broken Promises, and Cornwall Regional Hospital's Deadline Slips Again

Opposition health spokesperson Dr Alfred Dawes says the seventh missed completion target — and a bill that has swollen from $2 billion to $23.5 billion — confirms that western Jamaica's flagship hospital project has become a byword for mismanagement.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — The people of western Jamaica have been failed again. That is the verdict of Opposition Spokesperson on Health, Dr Alfred Dawes, after the Minister of Health quietly shifted the completion date for the Cornwall Regional Hospital rehabilitation yet again — this time from September 2026 to “hopefully the end of year.” It is the seventh missed target in a decade, and for Dr Dawes, it settles the question of what this project has become: a byword for mismanagement.

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JAMAICA | Ten Years, Seven Broken Promises, and Cornwall Regional Hospital's Deadline Slips Again
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