OPERATIONS are being moved to the Ministry of Health’s new building at Brickdam as defects have been corrected.

This is according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, who made this disclosure while speaking to members of the media on the sidelines of an event on Tuesday.

When asked about the building, the Minister stated that lots of corrections had to be done during the building’s construction, which he said had to be corrected before they moved ahead to use the building.

“These windows that you see here, they were probably non-existent, because the building was a lot of concrete, these glass things and so forth… so it wasn’t ideal because not a lot of light was coming in and a whole host of other defects had to be fixed,” he said.

However, currently, he noted that the building is pretty much done and teams are just now moving furniture into the building, even as various departments have begun moving into the new building.

He said, “So as they do some finishing touches, we feel that it’s good enough for us to start utilising it.”

While standing in the building’s boardroom, the Minister noted that they have already held quite a few events there previously and it has already proven to be a cost saver based on the number of training sessions and events that the ministry usually hosts.

Earlier this year, the National Assembly, to aid in the building’s completion, approved some $74.1 million where construction began in 2018.

During the consideration of estimates, the health minister revealed that the contract with a previous contractor that was working on the building was terminated following breaches of the agreement.

As such, he noted that the sums approved would go towards completion and to correct defects of the previous contractor.