 The Larissus Wellness Centre went up in flames mysteriously over seven years ago, according to the parliamentary representative for Denry North, Sean Edward, the absence of the health facility has created much distress for residents. As a result, the Richfair Wellness Centre was left to fill the void, having to serve overwhelming numbers of clients at times. The Denry North MP says the reinstatement of the facility will not only benefit the residents but also the overburdened staff at the Richfair facility. For a number of years now, we've had to rely on the Richfair Health Facility to service all of the Mauia Valley and environments. So with the recommissioning of the Larissus Wellness Centre, I think it will ease the burden on the Richfair facility. The personnel, doctors, nurses and other health providers who operate from Richfair, I'm sure they too will welcome the reinstatement of the Larissus facility. The Denry North MP recognises the need to encourage healthy living, particularly in the Denry North Basin, which has been marked as having high records of non-communicable diseases. Principal Nursing Officer Jolita Federic-Casius says the community nursing unit is extremely pleased so far with the site plans presented. When the facility does reopen, we hope to increase the medical services that we would have offered previously, so we want to increase that as well. And also the environment, the office spaces will be more convenient and comfortable, more spacious. With that all, we are very pleased to say that we have additional spaces that have been allocated to the consultation rooms, so it means that the clinicians, the staff, would have a bit more comfort to operate within and of course we know our clients as well would be very satisfied with the services once they access the services when we reopen. The Ministry's Chief Medical Officer Dr Sharon Belmont George elaborated further on the additional services to be provided at the facility. We are happy for the increased spacing, the bigger facility, which will give us the chance to increase our medical clinics, also to increase the services that we provide, such as internal medicine and also dental services will be provided at that facility, while we continue to provide the services that were there previously, we will also be providing pediatric care. Permanent Secretary Jenny Daniel says the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs continues on the road to the universal health care reform, while also strengthening its health systems and supporting infrastructure. Our key words are accessibility and affordability. The construction of this wellness centre really is reflective of our strive towards making health care more accessible to all communities, no matter how remote, how distant they may be, to make those health services that they need a lot more accessible. So the reconstruction of this wellness centre falls in line and is very much in keeping with that perspective and that goal of the Ministry of Health. Also we of course are aware that many of the persons who access our health facilities are elderly, so again in keeping consistently with our mandate to look after elderly, the elderly affairs mandate. Health Minister Moses Jabattis says many of the other facilities on island have already begun the process of reform and refurbishment. We are increasing access to quality health care and specialist services at the Ancillary Wellness Centre, Souffre Hospital, Viewport Wellness Centre and Bosili Poly Clinic and we are looking at the castries urban polyclinic. So the same thing goes here for the Larissus Wellness Centre. We will be increasing services, you have heard about the new dental services which will be available, but also we are hoping that over time we can increase specialist services so that the people in the Mabuiah Valley and the communities that surround the Mabuiah Valley can get access to quality health care services. The Larissus Wellness Centre reconstruction project is set to be well on the way for a July 2024 completion.