– Original design did not cater for updated equipment – DNA testing would not be done immediatelyThe construction of the country’s forensic lab will now cost millions more than the contracted $450 million price tag, given modifications which have to be done to accommodate modern equipment,Brian Poole Falcons Jersey UK, a top source has confirmed.The modifications are being done on the advice of Cheryl Corbin, the Director of Barbados’ Forensic Sciences Centre.Corbin is being paid by the government as a consultant. Her visit to the lab, located at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara indicated that the building would not be able to accommodate the equipment she has recommended that the government buys.The Bajan forensic scientist has been tasked with providing the government with a list of equipment that would be needed to undertake essential services at the lab and to provide the specifications for those equipment.Director of Barbados’ Forensic Sciences Centre, Cheryl CorbinThe source told Kaieteur News that the two-year-old design of the lab, done by Vikab Engineering of Trinidad, cannot accommodate the modern equipment Corbin has recommended.At the time Vikab was given the design contract, it was to accommodate the equipment the government then envisaged for the lab, the source stated.Apart from guiding the government on the list of equipment that would be needed, Corbin also has the job of advising on security measures for the lab itself.The facility will contain a toxicology lab, an area for analyzing trace evidence,China Jerseys Cheap, a chemistry lab to test drugs and a serology lab to carry out blood tests.Equipment for DNA testing would not be immediately available,Wholesale Jerseys Store, the source told Kaieteur News, and could come after the lab begins operating. The lab could be opened by the start of next year.The deadline for the construction of the physical building has again been set back,Jerseys Cheap, owing to unfavourable weather conditions and the fact that some of the equipment has to be installed before finishing work could be done.It is expected that the government would put out an international bid for the equipment within two weeks’ time.? Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited is building the facility.The forensic lab is being built under the US$19.5 million Citizen Security Programme, which has a component for capacity building and modernization of the Guyana Police Force.This component objective is to transform the Guyana Police Force from an incident-driven, reactive institution to one that relies on the analysis of patterns, incidents and problems in order to understand the characteristics and causes of incidents.Other components include an integrated crime information system; comprehensive training scheme – professional standard of training and training the trainers – in: a) investigation and detection of crime; information management (how to record,Adidas Hockey Jerseys Cheap, handle and use the data in a proactive manner); recruit training; case management; ethnic human rights and neighborhood policing; and strengthening of internal and external accountability mechanisms.Presently, there is no information system (standardized procedures for performing tasks and data collection) that integrates forensic medicine, crime investigation and policing in general, and the prosecution offices (information regarding the resolution of cases).Currently,Cheap Adidas Hockey Jerseys, the Ministry of Health receives the information on causes of external deaths approximately six months after the police reviews the information, and does not take other sources of information into consideration for validation. Georgetown Public Hospital receives the largest number of victims of crime and violence in the country and collects data on the different cases.