Puerto Rico Hospital Replacement Still Waiting for FEMA Aid

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to approve funding to rebuild a hospital on a remote Puerto Rican island, more than two years after Hurricane Maria left the facility in shambles.

• Collaboration between FEMA and Puerto Rico officials is ongoing, the federal agency said in a statement Tuesday, following reports that the funding had been approved
• “While an initial cost estimate has been developed for the Vieques CDT, this project has not yet been finalized and is still in process,” according to the statement, referring to the community health center
• About 9,000 residents rely on a makeshift clinic for ...