Conflicting reports on A&E services at Petrotrin hospital in Pt Fortin
A file photo of the Petrotrin refinery. -
DESPITE rumours circulating on social media, Heritage Petroleum Ltd has denied it has reached an agreement for the use of the former Petrotrin Medical Facility in Point Fortin for accident and emergency (A&E) services.
But the South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) neither confirmed nor denied this, only saying it s not entirely true.
An online article by Southside TT reported that Point Fortin will have A&E services once more within the next 96 hours.
Since May 21, the new hospital has been a covid19-patient-only facility.
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No ambulance – so Granville woman gives birth in car on way to San Fernando
baby on board sign on the rear window of the car
DATE of birth: May 31, 2021. Place of birth: Inside a car parked on the pavement near Aadi Marketing Ltd, South Oropouche.
This is the reality for a one-day-old baby boy whose mother, from Granville, desperately tried to make it to the San Fernando General Hospital in the absence of accident and emergency (A&E) services in Point Fortin and environs.
Her family is now calling on the Health Ministry and the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) to provide for emergency cases in the area once more.
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