THE Tywyn Hospital redevelopment project has faced further set backs.

Originally the renovated medical facility, worth an estimated £5million, was due to be completed in November but a series of delays has meant the building will now be completed towards the end of January.

The inclement weather Meirionnydd has witnessed over the last few weeks is partially to blame for the set back but residents in the coastal town should be able to enjoy new medical services in February.

A spokesperson for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board explained: “The main cause for the delay was the need for essential upgrade works to the site infrastructure.

“The weather has caused some delay, and is currently hampering completion of external works.

“However as we have said previously, building work will be completed in January 2016 and the services will move into the building in February.”

In August 2013 Welsh Government approved funding of £5million for the development of services at Tywyn Hospital.

The scheme is designed to integrate primary care and community hospital services through the provision of a new build primary care centre and a sixteen bed ward on the site.

The new ward is designed to allow greater flexibility in terms of use so it can provide palliative care, rehabilitation and assessment plus take transfers from other hospitals, thus reducing delayed transfers of care.

The new facility shall also house community clinics.