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THREE hospitals are to benefit from multi-million-dollar renovations and upgrades to improve operations of the facilities. Renovations costing $34 million are to be carried out at the San Fernando General
President general of the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roger has once again highlighted the plight of former Petrotrin workers (retirees and retrenched) who are "suffering" owing to the company's closure. On Wednesday, Roget renewed called for Government to resolve all outstanding issues. Speaking to the affected people at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, Roget recalled
“[…] When you see tents set up [outside hospitals] is when your health system is overwhelmed, but we were using tents from day one! These billion dollar facilities we have and they are not designe
Hospital beds running out for covid19 patients Bed spaces at hospitals treating covid19 patients is running out. According to Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards, principal medical officer in charge of institutions, on Saturday, overall hospital capacity in the parallel health care system was 64 per cent. During a press conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s on Saturday afternoon, she said 73 per cent of the beds in Trinidad were full, as were 25 per cent in Tobago. Caura hospital was at 78 per cent, Couva was at 71 per cent, Arima at 85 per cent, Augustus Long at 90 per cent, and overnight,...
Deyalsingh on covid19 restrictions: Keep Mum alive for 2022 Terrence Deyalsingh - HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh implored people to protect their loved ones from covid19 infection by not congregating for Mother's Day on Sunday, addressing a briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's on Friday. "If we treat Mother's Day as another excuse to gather at the homes of our mothers, we may not have those mothers for Mothers Day 2022. "If you love your mother, Mother's Day 2021 is the mother's day where you show your love by staying away." Deyalsingh said some who were direly ill with covid19 w...