Reana James gave birth to the first Christmas baby at 12.15 a.m.
Weighing in 3.2 kilogrammes, James gave birth to a baby girl she named Julianna.
The baby was delivered by Dr Corridon and Dr Sobers at the Sangre Grande Hospital.
Arti Deokaran gave birth at the San Fernando hospital to the second baby on Christmas Day at 12.58 a.m.
Weighing 3.16 kilogrammes, Deokaran named her daughter Arya Dabideen.
The baby was delivered by Dr Petollokhman.
Sangre Grande Hospital also recorded the third birth on Christmas Day at 1.02 a.m. when Meenadaye Sookdeo delivered a baby boy.
The infant weighed 2.53 kilogrammes.
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh paid a special Christmas courtesy call to the Covid-19 frontline medical staff at the Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility on duty yesterday and away from their families and loved ones on Christmas day.
Reanna Ashley Gobadan has a lot to be thankful for this Christmas.
Gobadan, the 27-year-old woman who suffered critical injuries when she was struck by a vehicle four months ago, will celebrate the holidays in her new home.
She is unable to walk without assistance, but medical experts believe Gobadan will make a full recovery.
And with the help of strangers, she was gifted a brand new home for the holidays.
Sharing her own Christmas miracle with the Express on Wednesday, she said, âI am so thankful. This is a like a dream. I never thought strangers would come into my life like this and change it forever. It is a gift I never expected.â
Parasram: Private labs did over 30,000 covid19 tests
Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram. - Vidya Thurab
FROM Sunday to Monday, the Ministry of Health s tally of covid19 tests done since March increased by 30,892 tests.
But Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram on Tuesday told Newsday nothing was amiss with the data.
On Sunday at 4pm, the ministry’s covid19 update indicated 39,260 total persons tested to date, but by Monday evening this figure had leapt to 70,152 tests.
The Monday figures also showed 12 more individuals testing positive, for a total since March of 7,012 people. The death toll was 125 people, indicating two more deaths by Monday, plus 6,471 patients recovered and 416 active cases.
Mayaro fireman killed by truck in front of his home
Tuesday 15 December 2020
Narish Kissoon, the father of the Satesh Ramkisson, touches a portrait of his son who was killed after he was hit by a truck in Bristol Village, on the Naparima Mayaro Road on Tuesday. - Marvin Hamilton
FIREMAN Satesh Ramkissoon was standing near his Bristol Village, Mayaro, home waiting for a taxi to take him to his shift at the Mayaro Fire Station when he was hit by a truck on Monday evening.
Ramkissoon, 32, was crushed by the truck, and died in hospital while undergoing emergency surgery.
A police report said at about 4 pm, a Mitsubishi dump truck was heading south along the Naparima Mayaro Road near Bristol Village when a car tried to overtake it.
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