Health Department Reduces Hours At Charles Harwood Complex Two Days In A Row Due To Faulty Air Conditioner

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Health News, St. Croix News

CHRISTIANSTED — For the second straight day, the Department of Health (DOH) was forced to reduce business hours at the Charles Harwood Complex due to a malfunctioning air conditioning chiller.

The Charles Harwood Complex located on St. Croix closed today at 1:30 p.m. as it did yesterday.

The following clinics/services will temporarily close for the day:

· Vital Statistics (Birth & Death Records)

· Community Health Clinic

· Communicable Disease (HIV/STD)

· Maternal & Child Health Clinic

The DOH encourages anyone seeking walk-in services, from the previously mentioned divisions, to arrive between the hours of 8:00am-12:00pm tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7th, in the event another early dismissal is required.

The following programs are still open and conducting business as usual:

· Family Planning Clinic @ Sunny Isle Medical Center, Suite 11, (340) 718-0482.

· Immunization Clinic @ Sunny Isle Medical Center, Suite 8A

· Women, Infants & Children (WIC) @ Beeston Hill Medical Center (340) 718-9157 and @ Frederiksted Health Center (340) 778-7799

The DOH will continue to monitor the situation and keep employees and the public informed, via the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/virginislandsDOH and the media.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.