Health

“[…] Professor Courtenay Bartholomew was the perfect example of what a doctor should be—highly skilled, brilliant, very knowledgeable, thorough, and in-depth with every medical case. “But what stood out, even more, was his tremendous humanity. In his hospital ward rounds, his bedside comportment was especially exemplary, for he never failed …

In the book Pilgrim’s Progress, John Banyan wrote: ‘The road of denial leads to a precipice.’  He describes a hill called Error that was easy to climb but steep on the other side. At its foot were the bones of many who Flatterer deceived. He had coaxed the pilgrims to …

The Ministry of Health confirmed seven more deaths related to Covid-19 over the past 24 hours with 402 new infections from 1,078 tests. At present, there are 331 hospitalised persons—the bulk of whom are based in Trinidad.  There were a total of 436 beds in Trinidad as of Friday afternoon …

“[…] On the basis of all available evidence, the Sinopharm vaccine efficacy is estimated at 78.1% for all age groups 18 years and over. “The erroneous comments made by MP [Dr Roodal] Moonilal that Trinidad and Tobago will be used as guinea pigs only reinforces the MP’s deliberate attempts to …

Principal medical officer Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards today pointed to the stark data from Trinidad and Tobago’s current grapple with the novel coronavirus, as the government announced its third set of restrictions since the Easter weekend.  Two hospitals, the Couva Hospital and Augustus Long Facility, were at 98% and 100% capacity …

“[…] ‘No, no. Everybody going. My friend took her mother and they give him a vaccine one time and he young’… ‘I just take a chance when they set up in the paddock in the Savanna and it was around 5 in the afternoon and they just take my whole …

Trinidad and Tobago suffered six more deaths due to Covid-19 over the last 24 hours, with another 235 confirmed infections and 24 more hospital spaces taken up. The County Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) offices, as always, will determine how many of the newly infected persons require hospitalisation, based initially …

“We want you not to come out if it isn’t absolutely essential,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, “because then you become a part of the problem… Stay at home!” Trinidad and Tobago are set for another series of measures meant to keep citizens at home, in an effort to …

Many of us know that the government is prevaricating and attempting to evade responsibility for what the population generally knows to be realities in plain sight, for example porous borders persistently penetrated by persons fleeing from Venezuela. The condonation of ‘society’ events, which were held—contrary to ministerial and other exhortations—to …

The following is a release from the Ministry of Education: The Ministry of Education takes this opportunity to indicate that under the Covid-19 regulations in force from 30 April to 23 May 2021, secondary schools are allowed to conduct face to face sessions for students of forms five and six …

First, the disclaimer. Disabuse yourself of the assumption I am against marriage and monogamy. You could not be further from the truth.  I’m not only a veteran in the practice, I shared some supportive insight on how to do monogamy successfully; with eyes wide open, realistic expectations and cost/benefit ratio …

“We don’t want to get to a situation where the level of infection gets so high,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, “[…] and that is where, in local parlance, all falls down.” Dr Rowley announced today the following changes, which go into effect from midnight and remain in place …