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OROPOUCHE VIRUS STRIKESOROPOUCHE VIRUS STRIKES

OROPOUCHE VIRUS STRIKES

A GLOBAL medical virus with a distinctive Trinidad and Tobago name has turned deadly in this part of the world.

7 months ago
SANDO HOSPITAL ‘A HELLHOLE’SANDO HOSPITAL ‘A HELLHOLE’

SANDO HOSPITAL ‘A HELLHOLE’

THE authorities at San Fernando General Hospital are providing short-term political jobs while the quality of medical care has hit…

8 months ago
HIGH DENGUE INFECTION RATEHIGH DENGUE INFECTION RATE

HIGH DENGUE INFECTION RATE

THE situation with respect to dengue infection is much worse than that reported by the Ministry of Health.

8 months ago
ORTT’S PARASRAM AT CENTRE OF DENGUE CRISISORTT’S PARASRAM AT CENTRE OF DENGUE CRISIS

ORTT’S PARASRAM AT CENTRE OF DENGUE CRISIS

CHIEF Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Roshan Parasram, who was given Trinidad and Tobago’s highest honour two years ago, is at…

9 months ago
9 M DENGUE CASES IN THE AMERICAS9 M DENGUE CASES IN THE AMERICAS

9 M DENGUE CASES IN THE AMERICAS

MORE than nine million cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever have been reported over the past six months in this part…

9 months ago
THE EVIDENCE: CHILDCARE EQUIPMENT MOVED FROM COUVA TO MT. HOPETHE EVIDENCE: CHILDCARE EQUIPMENT MOVED FROM COUVA TO MT. HOPE

THE EVIDENCE: CHILDCARE EQUIPMENT MOVED FROM COUVA TO MT. HOPE

HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has denied that childcare medical equipment was moved from the Couva Children's hospital to Mt. Hope…

11 months ago
EXPECT NOTHING FROM PROBE INTO BABIES’ DEATHSEXPECT NOTHING FROM PROBE INTO BABIES’ DEATHS

EXPECT NOTHING FROM PROBE INTO BABIES’ DEATHS

MEDICAL experts fear the probe into the recent deaths of seven babies at Port of Spain General Hospital will amount…

11 months ago
DISCREDITED PARASRAM HOLDS ON AS CMODISCREDITED PARASRAM HOLDS ON AS CMO

DISCREDITED PARASRAM HOLDS ON AS CMO

IN the increasingly peculiar Trinidad and Tobago society, a holder of the highest honour has had a major policy measure…

1 year ago
DEYALSINGH ON THE WAY OUT?DEYALSINGH ON THE WAY OUT?

DEYALSINGH ON THE WAY OUT?

HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh’s broadside against Kentucky Fried Chicken and other fast food franchises has led to widespread speculation that…

1 year ago
52 POLICE RECRUITS CATCH COVID52 POLICE RECRUITS CATCH COVID

52 POLICE RECRUITS CATCH COVID

There has been no announcement of the Covid-19 outbreak by Police Commissioner Earla Harewood-Christopher, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds or…

1 year ago