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Construction of two new dialysis centres will begin by August and will be completed within 18 months, Health Minister Jerry Narace said yesterday. Speaking during the signing ceremony for the establishment of the centres, at the ministry’s head office, Park Street, Port-of-Spain, Narace said the cost to design and build the centres would be $108 million per year.

A contract for the centres was signed between the North Central Regional Health Authority and British-based company Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Limited. Fresenius is the largest provider of products and services for individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney failure. Narace said the centres would be constructed at the Eric Williams’ Medical Science Complex and the San Fernando General Hospital.

Moruga farmers are protesting what they say is the State’s failure to give them legal tenure over land they have planted for years. About 50 people protested on Friday along a road leading to the La Savannah Foodcrop Project site.

The project is in the constituency of former PNM Member of Parliament Peter Taylor. The challenger for the seat in the May 24 election, Clifton De Coteau, met the group, and promised support to help them secure ownership of the land.

The decision to build a new PriceSmart outlet at La Romaine is a reflection of the positive state of the local economy, company president Jose Luis La Parte has said.

PriceSmart generated $1.2 billion in sales in Trinidad last year.