This will be among the projects of the Department of Public Health in the new year, according to its Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez.
The perimeter fence project, which will cost over $200,000, is now in bidding process and is part of the department’s bio-terrorism preparedness plan, Villagomez said.
All the other department heads, he added, are also preparing their own plans which the governor will submit to Congressional Delegate-elect Gregorio C. Sablan.
The acting hospital preparedness director, Warren F. Villagomez, in a separate interview said building a fence for the island’s only hospital is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s critical infrastructure protection program.
Like the airport, CHC has been identified by the federal government as a critical infrastructure the needs to be protected during emergency situations.
Aside from the perimeter fence, which will be made of galvanized chain link, all the three hospital entrances will have gates that can be locked down in the event of an emergency.
Each gate, Warren Villagomez said, will have a security booth.
