Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell presents a cheque for $32 million to Lyttleton Shirley (right), chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, from proceeds of the Shaggy and Friends 2012 concert to benefit the Bustamante Hospital for Children as sponsors look on.-File
Orville ‘Shaggy‘ Burrell presents a cheque for $32 million to Lyttleton Shirley (right), chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, from proceeds of the Shaggy and Friends 2012 concert to benefit the Bustamante Hospital for Children as sponsors look on.-File

Millions of dollars in machines donated by Shaggy to the Bustamante Hospital now in the scrap heap

Erica Virtue, Senior Gleaner Writer

Power surges from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) are being blamed for the damage to a number of expensive medical equipment at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

This has forced the hospital to refer patients to private facilitates where parents have to fork out thousands of dollars for tests that would have been done for free at the State-run hospital for children.

Last month,

Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell presents a cheque for $32 million to Lyttleton Shirley (right), chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, from proceeds of the Shaggy and Friends 2012 concert to benefit the Bustamante Hospital for Children as sponsors look on.-File
Orville ‘Shaggy‘ Burrell presents a cheque for $32 million to Lyttleton Shirley (right), chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority, from proceeds of the Shaggy and Friends 2012 concert to benefit the Bustamante Hospital for Children as sponsors look on.-File

Millions of dollars in machines donated by Shaggy to the Bustamante Hospital now in the scrap heap

Erica Virtue, Senior Gleaner Writer

Power surges from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) are being blamed for the damage to a number of expensive medical equipment at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

This has forced the hospital to refer patients to private facilitates where parents have to fork out thousands of dollars for tests that would have been done for free at the State-run hospital for children.

Last month,