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Ministry of Health prepared for 2nd swine flu wave
Health Minister Jerry Narace has warned of a second wave of the Influenza A/H1N1 virus (swine flu), expected to hit the country. He said the Ministry of Health stands prepared to deal the situation, since it has modified its surveillance to ensure the effective monitoring of respiratory illness across the country.
Source: Trinidad Guardian
Ministry of Health requests all passengers on flight AA 1647 of May 30th, 2009 to stay at home and avoid mass gatherings until clearance is issued
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: June 7, 2009. Following up on the Ministry of Health’s announcement of the second confirmed case of Influenza A / H1N1 in Trinidad and Tobago and the subsequent request to all persons on American Airlines flight number 1647 of May 30th from Miami to Piarco to contact [...]
Obama for local Trinidad and Tobago hospitals
Health Minister Jerry Narace yesterday said the US Embassy contacted the Health Ministry to indicate it had “full confidence” in the local health care system and its capacity to take care of US President Barack Obama who will be in Port-of-Spain next month for the Fifth Summit of the Americas.
“They have gone as far as [...]
Doctor tells all
FOR THE first time since Dr Celestine Ragoonanan and the team of medical professionals harvested kidneys from a deceased woman and transplanted a kidney each into two patients, Dr Ragoonanan on Friday gave Sunday Newsday details of the procedure involved in this history- making event.
A charming, soft-spoken man, Dr Ragoonanan was just settling down to [...]
Trinidad and Tobago FPA celebrates 50th anniversary
THE WORK of the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago (FPATT) is “more relevant and critical” today because many of the problems facing society “have become more complex and more acute as family structures have changed . . . value systems and attitudes have changed”.
So said FPATT Chairman Gerry Brooks in the keynote address [...]