CUBAN nurses will be brought into Trinidad and Tobago to help in the fight against the Covid-19 virus.
Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Health on Monday, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said online interviews have alreday been completed to determine the suitability of the Cuban nurses including their language skills.
He said, “It has always been this government’s policy to seek Cuban professionals where there is a lack of that particular speciality in TT. As per Covid, we do have a cohort of intensive care nurses coming in. We signed off on that about three weeks ago.”
The Health Minister did not say how many were coming into TT.
Deyalsingh said the Cuban nurses would be assigned to intensive care units under the direction of Dr Antony Parkinson who is managing the intensive care unit response across Trinidad and Tobago. He is attached to the North West Regional Health Authority.
As of Monday morning, TT had 82 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 after 539 tests with three deaths and one patient being discharged.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram three patients remained in the ICU at the Couva Hospital – two stable and one critical.
He said in the High Dependency Unit, there are 14 patients who were stable.
And the 48 remaining patients at Couva Hospital were exhibiting only a mild illness and could walk around normally.
At the Caura Hospital, there were five ambulatory cases and other patients who were awaiting swab test results. All patients at Caura Hospital were in a stable condition, he said.
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