Health

Bryan To Introduce Legislation Unifying Hospital Boards

Governor Albert Bryan said during his State of the Territory Address on Monday that he would forward legislation to the 33rd Legislature that seeks to change the current structure of the governing boards of USVI hospitals from three to one. Currently, there's a board that governs the Juan F. Luis Hospital, another governing the Schneider Regional Medical Center, and a third, the territorial board, which governs both medical facilities. "As required by law, it is essential that we move to have our hospitals operate under one single hospital board," Mr. Bryan said. "We will be sending legislation to unify our hospital system finally." A timeline for the legislation was not mentioned in the address. Mr. Bryan also spoke of repairing the Schneider Regional Medical Center and rebuilding J.F.L. and the Myrah Keating Community Health Center, projects that were birthed under the Mapp administration. He did not elaborate on whether the funds were already provided by FEMA, or when said proj...