Laboratory services being decentralized – Minister

ALL LABORATORY SERVICES in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will be decentralized so as to adequately accommodate the Vincentian public.

Minister of Health,Wellness and the Environment St Clair Prince said this extension of laboratory services will provide increased access and equity.

“Whenever a test becomes unavailable at one lab site for whatever reason, the public is advised to seek services at another public lab,” the Minister said.

Besides the laboratories in Kingstown, lab services are already available at another clinical lab at the Modern Medical Complex in Georgetown with four more laboratories being developed: at the Union Island Health Centre, Buccament Bay Polyclinic, Levi Latham Health Complex and Canouan (at a site to be determined).

These labs should become operational by the last quarter of 2022.

“The strategy is to build laboratory services that is resilient, accessible, equitable to all Vincentians” Prince said.

Minister Prince made the announcement during at the sitting of Parliament yesterday.