VALSAYN – WE recharge our cellphones every day, but do we recharge our inner battery? That was the question posed by the European Director of the Brahma Kumaris Sister BK Jayanti Kirpalani to an audience at function recently in Valsayn, Trinidad and Tobago. Noting that people took time to take care of their bodies, […]Read More
A leak on the roof of the Oncology Unit of the South West Regional Health Authority in San Fernando has been repaired. The SWRHA issued a release after the leak was reported by the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian on Friday. ———————— In a release the SWRHA stated, “A leak was discovered on the morning […]Read More
A Trinidad and Tobago-educated doctor is being praised in England for the reconstructive surgery he did on a 15-year-old girl whose jaw was badly damaged in a horse-riding accident. Trinidad-born Surgeon Dr Ricardo Mohammed-Ali attended St Stephen’s College in Princes Town and went on to attain his medical degree at the University of the […]Read More
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 […]Read More
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