Local PAHO rep: Vaccine distribution schedule by end of January
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TT Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) representative Dr Erica Wheeler disclosed that the country will soon have a schedule for the rollout of covid19 vaccines.
At the virtual health news conference on Wednesday, Wheeler said, There was a letter sent out to all the countries participating in the Covax facility, saying that at the end of this month, we will be receiving a schedule for the rollout of vaccines.
Reiterating that the Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162 vaccine is the first covid19 vaccine that TT will receive through Covax, Wheeler also said the procurement of cold-storage facilities for the Pfizer and other vaccines is on track.
NCRHA prepares for a future beyond covid19
Health care professionals treat a patient at the NCRHA s covid19 executive wellness clinic. - Photos courtesy NCRHA
THE North-Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) is preparing for a future beyond covid19, its chief executive officer, Davlin Thomas says.
In a wide-ranging release, in which he outlined some new initiatives and the progress of those already in the system, Thomas admitted that the covid19 experience inspired courage from all staff and the authority took the challenge to “further develop and create ground-breaking ways and methods to provide its patients with the highest possible quality of healthcare.”
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‘We’ve adapted, innovated, and expanded our capacities!’ How T&T healthcare aims to push on from Covid-19
“[…] The overarching goal is to increase capacity not just in response to the pandemic, but to develop and improve our medical capacity to treat with respiratory diseases, on a whole…”
In the following press statement, North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) CEO Davlin Thomas notes the changes made to the local healthcare system in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic post-Covid wellness clinics, respiratory physiotherapy services, and a Patient Liaison Unit and which improvements are here to stay:
Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh (centre) poses with healthcare workers at the Couva Medical and Multi-training Facility.
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh visited the Couva Medical and Multi-training Facility today to bring some much-needed Christmas cheer to frontline healthcare workers.
Deyalsingh spent some time with the workers who were tending to COVID-19 patients despite the holiday.
He was accompanied by North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) Chairman Steve De Las, CEO Davlin Thomas and other members of NCRHA Executive Management team.
Deyalsingh commended and thanked the doctors and nurses on duty for their “unwavering commitment, sacrifice and a high degree of professionalism demonstrated in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Reana James gave birth to the first Christmas baby at 12.15 a.m.
Weighing in 3.2 kilogrammes, James gave birth to a baby girl she named Julianna.
The baby was delivered by Dr Corridon and Dr Sobers at the Sangre Grande Hospital.
Arti Deokaran gave birth at the San Fernando hospital to the second baby on Christmas Day at 12.58 a.m.
Weighing 3.16 kilogrammes, Deokaran named her daughter Arya Dabideen.
The baby was delivered by Dr Petollokhman.
Sangre Grande Hospital also recorded the third birth on Christmas Day at 1.02 a.m. when Meenadaye Sookdeo delivered a baby boy.
The infant weighed 2.53 kilogrammes.
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh paid a special Christmas courtesy call to the Covid-19 frontline medical staff at the Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility on duty yesterday and away from their families and loved ones on Christmas day.