This week construction workers will support HCS staff in the installation of fixtures, fittings and equipment, while clinical staff test the facilities and receive on-site training.
No patients will be treated at the new facility, at Millbrook playing field, until it has been formally opened and deemed operationally fit by Health Minister Richard Renouf.
Deputy Renouf said: ‘An extension of the Jersey General Hospital, the Nightingale Wing will provide additional bed capacity as part of our ongoing resilience to support the Island’s needs as we move forward as a community. It will form an important part of our health care response to Covid-19 and gives us greater resilience as we start to move through the phases of Jersey’s safe-exit framework.’
Infrastructure Minister Kevin Lewis added: ‘Less than four weeks ago my department was tasked with constructing this facility, which required co-ordination of the efforts of hundreds of people from a diverse range of Jersey businesses, as well as the public sector. The community spirit has been fabulous, and I want to thank the Island’s construction industry, the Ports of Jersey, and my department colleagues for their determination and commitment.’
