Trinidad and Tobago’s Covid-19 vaccination drive will lose two days of implementation this week due to a rescheduling forced upon the Ministry of Health by the state of emergency regulations, which in itself was designed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. In other words, to repeat a quip …
Read More »How did Couva Hospital achieve 60% decrease in Covid deaths, as CEO claims, while national rate soars?
NCRHA CEO Davlin Thomas: ‘[…] The numbers speak for themselves. The reduction in mortality rate by sixty percent (60%) is exceptional. This experienced and highly qualified multidisciplinary team has also achieved a 25% increase in discharges, with a near full to capacity bed occupancy…’ TTRNA president Idi Stuart: ‘[…] The …
Read More »Unappreciated nurses, missing test kits, tent life, and ICU trauma: Covid-19 vs MoH
“[…] 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 designed to treat infectious diseases. “[…] And the tents are another story. They are sweltering hot …
Read More »Why did CEO ‘reassign’ four doctors in midst of pandemic? 11 doctors write NCRHA Board
“[…] We have taken the decision to reach out to the board as we believe this is an issue of singular importance. Firstly, it involves the removal of the most experienced physicians in our country in the care of patients with Covid-19, at a time when their services are most …
Read More »NCRHA rotates doctors within parallel health care system, to prevent burnout
The North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) has announced a rotation policy for doctors, within the parallel health care system, as a means of addressing burnout during the Covid-19 pandemic. The call, according to a NCRHA press statement, was initially made by medical chief of staff at the Couva Hospital, …
Read More »Covid counter: 21 deaths and 397 new cases; NCRHA ‘engulfed’ by ‘record breaking wave of patients’
Another 21 deaths, 397 new cases, and an admission from the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) that it is struggling to cope with the demands for Covid-19 tests and healthcare, due to the current surge. At present, Trinidad and Tobago has 4,814 active cases, while the 394 infections reported …
Read More »Callers frustrated as gov’t struggles with vaccine requests; Dr Richards: a learning process
Despite months of preparation for the rollout of the Ministry of Health’s vaccination programme, health officials are struggling to manage the volume of requests for vaccines. Principal medical officer, Dr Maryam Abdool Richards, said: “We have received concerns from members of the population regarding the time taken to reach the …
Read More »Dear Editor: New NCRHA tents prevent the mixing of Covid and non-Covid patients
“[…] Our objective was to effectively set up an alternative system where we would be able to assure patient and staff safety in light of Covid-19 and also assure consistent service …” The following was submitted to Wired868 by the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA): According to the chief …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine rollout starts Saturday in Tobago; 310 vaccinated so far in Trinidad
Tobago received 200 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday. These doses were from the 2,000 given to T&T by the government of Barbados. Frontline healthcare workers will get their shots starting Saturday 20 February. The Ministry of Health’s vaccine rollout began on Wednesday 17 February when the first …
Read More »Frontline healthcare workers receive first doses of Covid-19 vaccine
The Ministry of Health will begin its rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today, Wednesday 17 February. First in line for the vaccine are frontline healthcare workers at the Couva Hospital and Training Facility. Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh announced the start of the rollout, using the 2,000 doses received …
Read More »Deyalsingh: Arima to stop housing Covid-19 patients if numbers remain low
Arima General Hospital could soon be removed from the parallel healthcare system set up to manage the Covid-19 pandemic. But according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh, who spoke at the Ministry of health’s virtual media conference, the move to stop housing Covid-19 patients at Arima would only happen if …
Read More »‘We’ve adapted, innovated, and expanded our capacities!’ How T&T healthcare aims to push on from Covid-19
“[…] The overarching goal is to increase capacity not just in response to the pandemic, but to develop and improve our medical capacity to treat with respiratory diseases, on a whole…” In the following press statement, North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) CEO Davlin Thomas notes the changes made to …
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