And, obviously pleased with the pre-election timing, the PM spoke more on the project this afternoon:
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"This morning we signed with the Taiwanese company OEC. the contract is a little over sixteen million US dollars to build the hospital the general hospital that will serve both San Pedro and Caye caulker and it's something that was announced a year ago but we went through a very lengthy process to ensure that we have the right plans and that this could be this general hospital can be built getting value from our money and being able to serve the major sector of tourism which is both San Pedro and Caye Caulker."