A new state company will manage every public health building in Mauritius
The government is setting up National Health Infrastructure Ltd, a private company owned by the State that will build, renovate and maintain public health sites and their medical equipment. The remit is large: five regional hospitals, six specialised hospitals, two district and two community hospitals, 12 Mediclinics and 105 health centres. Health Minister Anil Bachoo's ministry runs all of it today.
The company would handle planning, design and delivery of projects from start to finish. For now, the government has not said what it will cost, who will staff it, or when it start.
Six masked men storm a Vacoas house and beat a man to death
Selven Iyempermal, 34, died in the early hours of Wednesday after six hooded men forced their way into a house at La Caverne, Vacoas, the night before. Armed with two telescopic batons, a sabre and a baseball bat, they demanded money before beating him across the body. A friend who tried to help him was also hurt.
An autopsy found he died of haemorrhagic shock from multiple injuries. Vacoas police have opened an inquiry. No one has been arrested.
A missing phone in the Kistnen murder was inside the police all along, filed as a cover
A second mobile phone treated as lost in the murder of MSM agent Soopramanien Kistnen was found inside the police, logged as a cover rather than a phone. PM Ramgoolam told Parliament it has gone to the British experts re-examining the 2020 killing.
Six years on, mishandled evidence is finally being read; whether it names anyone is the open question.
Plastic surgeon jailed for a year in a second indecent assault case
The Intermediate Court handed plastic surgeon Dr Nishan Moheeputh a year in prison on Wednesday, his second conviction for indecent assault, and he was led straight to a cell.
Shorts
Exam candidate caught wearing smart glasses – A School Certificate pupil was caught in the chemistry practical wearing connected glasses.
ADSU probes a Thailand to Mauritius drug line – Investigators are tracing two shipments said to total over tonne of cannabis.
Rally shuts roads in the south this weekend – Plaine-Champagne, La Nicoliere and Chamarel roads close from 30 Oct to 1 Nov for three rally stages.
Forecasters warn of a hot, sticky summer – The weather office expects a hotter, wetter summer under El Nino, with fewer cyclones.
Lalit floats a leaner Parliament and Kreol – The party wants a 106-seat House, Kreol in Parliament and a two-term cap on the PM.
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