‘Malfunctioning Air Conditioning Units’ Close VIDOH’s Community Health Clinic Today

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

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health (VIDOH) said that the Maternal Child Health, Immunizations and Community Health Clinic on St. Croix will close at 12:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 14, due to malfunctioning air conditioning units.

While repairs are underway, the clinic will also shorten its hours of operations for the remainder of the week and will serve the community from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through Thursday, March 16.

VIDOH anticipates the clinic will return to normal operations on Monday, March 20.

For more information or to reschedule appointments please call Maternal Child Health and Immunizations at 340-712-0136, and Community Health at 340-712-0131.

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.