JPS working on restoring power to Sav hospital

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it is working to restore electricity to the Savanna-La-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland.

Winds associated with the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday downed several light poles one of which supplies the hospital on Barracks Road in Savanna-la-mar.

Winson Callum, Director of Corporate Communications at JPS, says the repair is being done as a priority before the light and power company moves to reconnect other customers in the parish.

“We are working in Westmoreland today. Our priority is to ensure that the line serving the hospital is energised, so repairs are being done on that line as a key priority,” Callum told The Gleaner.

“In energising this line we are expecting that other customers who are fed by that same circuit will be energised,” she explained.

She said the light and power company's next priority will be to ensure that the business sector is served. 

"I am not able to give a timetable now but this is our priority," Callum said, referencing critical services in the parish. 

“Not only in Westmoreland but right across the island. We'll first be serving the critical services and then the business sector as best as possible while we bring on our other customers,” Callum added.

- Albert Ferguson

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