Having heard a number of experiences of break-ins and two experiences of automobile theft, a safety guard on the College Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) believes a newly opened automobile park will make issues safer.
“Imagine it or not, the best way dem tief right here expert, folks come again to dem automobile and the battery gone. Ask mi how the person dem take it out, I do not know. However tings gwan over right here, man. We patrol typically, enuh, however generally is just like the tief dem two steps forward. Let mi see what occur with this new automobile park. However mi imagine say the automobile dem na go get tief once more, as a result of from what I hear, the automobile park include state-of-the-art security measures,” the guard mentioned.
The guard instructed THE WEEKEND STAR that regardless of warnings, cussed motorists go away the automobile move of their autos.
“So when a person a make out with dem automobile, we na go know as a result of the tief gonna present the automobile move. I keep in mind one occasion the place a person rush come go to him father who meet in accident, and when him come again the place him park him automobile, is a van park within the spot. Him actually could not blame anybody, as a result of him park at a lonely spot weh him by no means suppose to park,” he mentioned.
The automobile park’s ribbon was lower on Wednesday by Well being Minister Dr Christopher Tufton and different officers, and is the primary main development milestone underneath the UHWI Redevelopment and Modernisation Challenge, Part 1. It’s anticipated to create the mandatory house to accommodate the subsequent steps within the undertaking – the development of the brand new six-storey hospital constructing. Tufton, in his keynote speech, mentioned that anybody who thinks that it’s simply a parking lot “devalues the significance of it [and] do not perceive the imaginative and prescient”.
“It’s a precursor to the tangible substantial improvement that’s to return. About 2,000 vehicles move by way of these premises every single day, and you’ll’t have an ambulance coming in and do not have wherever to take out the affected person. Or, a health care provider who works laborious and affords a automobile and do not have wherever to park,” he mentioned, additionally assuring that the automobile park could have satisfactory safety, thus addressing the problem of automobile thefts.
