$85 Million Set Aside for Final Works on Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite
By: , February 19, 2025
Photo: Dave Reid
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (third left), breaks ground for construction of a state-of-the-art forensic pathology autopsy suite at 149 Orange Street, downtown Kingston, on November 12, 2021. Joining the Minister (from left) are former Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Delroy Williams; Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Executive Director, Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine, Dr. Judith Mowatt; former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Courtney Williams; and former Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.The Full Story
The Government has budgeted $85 million to facilitate the preparation of final accounts relating to the construction of the state-of-the-art Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite.
Construction of the facility, which is located at 149 Orange Street, downtown Kingston, was completed in 2024.
Details of the project are outlined in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams.
The new Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite is expected to increase the forensic capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and reduce the backlog of criminal and other cases.
It is also expected to bolster the work of the Institute for Forensic Science and Legal Medicine.
The project is being financed by the Government and is being implemented by the Ministry of National Security.