 Officials from the Ministry of Health have been engaging officials within the sector with the aim of addressing some of the major issues affecting the island's health facilities. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar George chaired the August meeting with management and staff of the St. Jude Hospital which preceded a site visit of the facility. Dr. Belmar says the ministry is looking forward to providing the necessary assistance to the facility through continued collaborative efforts. So we have looked at the increases for example that they have seen in admitted cases as well. We've also looked at some of the quality of care issues that they have seen and looking at the various measures that we would need to support to improve and to ensure efficient services in the south. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Belmar says through the newly appointed quality manager Tecla Jabatis the ministry has been looking even closer at its health sector standards. Reform is already underway as some facilities have already begun making changes. I've noted that for example the extended hours that have been put in for the grocery poly clinic where there's access to care Saturday Sundays, holidays and up to midnight and we are working to also establish the castries urban poly clinic so persons in that area can also access care when our traditional wellness centers are closed. We are also looking closely at the south. Lady Adkins is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lone Secondary Care Facility in the south of the island. The meeting was the second in a series of planned sessions between the groups. Important for St. Jude is the ability to ensure and to guarantee for public that the care that they continue to access at St. Jude Hospital meets the required standards for care irrespective of the infrastructure where those services are being delivered, ensuring that we are able to meet those required standards with the adequacy of staff as well as the adequacy of supplies that we have looking at our protocols, our approach to care, our practices and ensuring that we meet the bench-locked international standards that govern this. The meeting was held at St. Jude's Conference Room for the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs. I'm Sant Justin.