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New Point Fortin Hospital now for covid19 patients only
THE new Point Fortin Hospital will now house and care for covid19 patients only.
All other patients will be transferred to the San Fernando Hospital, and the Accident and Emergency Department in Point Fortin will not be functional.
Emergency cases are asked to go to San Fernando or to the Siparia District Health Facility.
The South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) announced this in a press release on Friday,
It said, “Next of kin of transferred patients can contact 464-6745 (Monday to Friday/8 am-4pm) for information on loved ones.
“The Point Fortin Health Centre service hours have been extended to 8 am-8 pm daily. For emergency ambulance service, please call 811.”
Vaccination with WHO Approved Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine Begins on Friday 21 May, 2021
Port of Spain, 19 May 2021: Members of the public are advised that the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout will continue from
Friday 21 May, 2021.
50,000 eligible persons will be vaccinated with the World Health Organisation (WHO) approved Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, which was manufactured by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co. Limited. This vaccine is a 2 shot vaccine given 3 to 4 weeks apart. Globally, 65 million doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine have already been administered through various emergency use programmes.
All persons who fall within the Phase 1 of the national COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan, as indicated below, are eligible to receive the vaccine at this time:
Man, son die hours apart from covid19 in Siparia
7 Hrs Ago
Andy Ramkalawan collects items for his family that were left by well wishers on a chair in front of the gate to the family s home at Murray Trace, Woodland, Siparia on Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
A Siparia family in quarantine had to go through the trauma of seeing not one but two of their loved ones rapidly decline and die from the covid19 virus while they awaited the arrival of ambulances.
Pensioner Premnath Ramkalawan, 66, died around 5 am on Thursday, while his son Mahindra Nigel, 38, died a few hours earlier, on Wednesday, at about 3 pm.
Continuation of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Port of Spain, 1 May 2021: Members of the public are advised that the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout will continue on Monday 3
rd May 2021.
All persons who fall within the Phase 1 of the national COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan, as indicated below, are
eligible to receive the vaccine,:
healthcare workers
persons between 60 and 18 years of age with non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
The public is reminded that the following groups of persons should
not take the COVID-19 vaccine at this time:
Pregnant and breastfeeding women
People with a history of severe reactions to a component in the vaccine