For the past nine years, Neeranjan Singh has been getting sicker as his heart slowly shuts down.
He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2011 after suffering from a heart attack.
At only 50 years old, Singh takes 22 tablets and insulin twice a day in his fight for survival.
In 2017, the last time he was able to afford a visit to a private cardiologist, Singh was told his heart was functioning at 35 per cent.
In an interview at his Tunapuna home yesterday, Singh said he has been trying in vain to get another echocardiogram at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMS). He was given an appointment for yesterday back in 2019 but as he eagerly awaited his chance to see a doctor, his wife Dulari got a call from the hospital last Friday.
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.
While many people hope to wake up to presents under their Christmas trees on Friday, Joel Jeremiah’s only wish is to walk again.The year 2020 has been hard-hitting, and for 34-year-old Jeremiah, who suffered a broken leg during a “hit and run” vehicular incident in Chaguanas back in February, it was life-changing.
Jeremiah required several operations, and although doctors can perform the surgeries locally, it’s been 10 months.
He told Guardian Media that doctors had not given him a date for his final surgery and scheduled his next clinic appointment for April 2021. It was around 1.30 am on February 24 when Jeremiah had just dropped off some people in Chaguanas and was returning to his home in La Brea.
SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
Instead of waiting over a year to see a doctor at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, heart patient Neeranjan Singh will get his echocardiogram done today by a private facility in central Trinidad.
Singh, 50, of Tunapuna, shared his struggle of living with congestive heart failure with Guardian Media on Monday.
He had sent out an appeal to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, begging him to fix the issues plaguing the cardiac clinic of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex after his December 21, 2020 appointment was moved to January 31, 2022, without any explanation. Currently, he has to take 22 tablets and insulin twice a day so his heart does not shut down completely.
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