We awoke this morning with the tragic news that one of St.Lucia’s oldest Hospitals had suffered considerable damage from fire. The St. Judes Hospital located in the south of the island had been around since World War 2 and over the past years suffered from major difficulties to include old age, financial problems and so on.
Despite all of the problems it was kept running and served a number of persons from as far as the village of Micoud across to the Town of Soufriere.
Details are very sketchy but unconfirmed reports indicate that the fire may have been started by a faulty air conditioning unit or an explosion from some sort of tank. The fire spread quickly through the building which was built mainly of wood and contained several flammable liquids and gases.
Other unconfirmed reports state that so far there are 3 deaths from this latest tragedy
in St. Lucia and whether the persons were patients or staff is also unconfirmed. The southern division of the St. Lucia Fire Service from reports are to be commended for their efforts despite the obstacles they faced getting to the fire. Also, to be commended are the residents of the St. Judes community in Vieux-Fort for their efforts in assisting the Hospital staff and fire fighters.
We will keep you posted on this matter as we acquire more information.
Photos by Tyeesha Edward
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