The Tribune

By AVA TURNQUEST

Tribune Staff Reporter

aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

LEWIS Yard residents in Grand Bahama could benefit from a new programme designed to tackle health problems associated with their environment, Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday.

Mr Wilchcombe announced that a partnership between the Pan American Health Organisation and the Ministry of Grand Bahama was being considered, during his contribution to the revised Medical Act in the House of Assembly.

He said: “I will never rest until I am sure that the people who live in Lewis Yard, Hunters, Max Town ... until they get relief from what I believe caused many deaths. I’ve always had difficulty with the fact that we have families in the area, it’s in the industrial sector.

“I have a difficulty because I remember when I was a general, I remember when people had to move out and Hawksbill High School and Catholic High School had to close because of the odious scent coming from BORCO and the other plants. I still believe today some things happened.”

Mr Wilchcombe said: “Just yesterday the Minister of Grand Bahama shared with me a proposal to deal with the problems we’ve been facing in that area, and it’s coming from the Pan American Health Organization, again another decision being made to move the country forward.”