MINISTER of Agriculture Land and Fisheries Clarence Rambharat is warning the public about the consumption of wild meat that has been brought into Trinidad and Tobago illegally. In a Facebook post Rambharat said, “Consumers of wild meat are reminded to be on the lookout for meat being brought into the country illegally. “This […]
AFTER being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Sir Rod Stewart has been given the all-clear. He made the revelation at a fundraising event with former Faces bandmates Kenney Jones and Ronnie Wood on Saturday, according to a story in the Mirror. It was for the Prostate Project and golf’s European Tour Foundation. The rock star […]Read More
THE laboratory of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) will be temporarily relocated to the Trinidad Public Health Laboratory (TPHL), 16-18 Jamaica Boulevard, St Clair, Port of Spain from Monday 19th August, 2019. The relocation is primarily to ensure that we continue to provide a safe and healthy environment for staff, according to a release […]Read More
By PHOOLO DANNY-MAHARAJ ONCE Upon My Chest, a breast cancer memoir, is about my personal experiences with the disease, from pre-discovery to post-treatment. Like many other women, I never thought that I would be the target of this killer disease. At the time of diagnosis, I had no family history of breast cancer and […]Read More
THE Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility (CMMF) is not just a pharmacy. This was the comment of Minister of Health Terrance Deyalsingh at the post-cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in Port-of-Spain on Thursday. He was responding to a statement by former health minister Fuad Khan who said that the opening of a […]Read More
THE Ministry of Health is recalling N- CORT 40 mg/mL., Ml Intravitreal/ Intraocular Use (Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection Bp), Batch No NC-O2 with Expiry Date March 2022, due to possible bacterial contamination. A release stated that the product of Nischi Lifesciences b141/142 Mahagujarat Indl. Estate, Moraiya, Ahmedabad-382213 (India) is primarily used by specialist ophthalmologists or […]Read More
PORT-OF-SPAIN – THE Ebola threat level remains low in Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean territories. This despite the WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declaring an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A release from the Ministry of […]Read More
CDAP medication can now be collected at the pharmacy at the Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility (CMMF). This was stated in a release yesterday from the Health Ministry. It stated that this is just the first phase of the operationalisation of the CMMF located just off the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway. The pharmacy services […]Read More
MINISTER of Health Terrance Deyalsingh has welcomed a second batch of Chinese medical professionals into the local public health services sector. They were introduced during a courtesy call made by the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Trinidad and Tobago, Song Yumin on Thursday. The presence here of the Chinses professionals is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the Government of […]Read More
HAVING either a high top or bottom number of a blood pressure reading can each predict cardiovascular risk, a new study says. The systolic and the diastolic readings — which are the top and bottom numbers — both independently forecast the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to research published on Thursday in New […]Read More