Prof Judith Gobin opens portal to science for women, girls
Professor Judith Gobin wants more jobs for STEM graduates in research and other fields. -
It was 5 am on a day in 1982. Judith Gobin, then an eager marine biologist with an exciting job in a fairly new Institute of Marine Affairs, woke up energised – and although she admits she is not a morning person, she was already out of the house.
She was at the marine institute in short order. From there she and a team of young scientists like herself would join boatmen in Carenage. Before sunrise their boat was launched and they were on their way to South Oropouche, then into the river’s mouth.
Princess Elizabeth Centre hoping for $m Xmas miracle to complete new operating theatre
Jan Sirjusingh CEO of the Princess Elizabeth Centre. - SUREASH CHOLAI
For over 50 years, doctors, nurses and therapists of the Princess Elizabeth Centre have been helping hundreds of children of the Caribbean overcome and cope with their disabilities through surgery and specialised care.
But its efforts to construct a modern operating theatre, with surgical wards, recovery room and prep rooms under one roof has hit a snag.
Although work is far advanced on the two-storey structure housing in a building located at southern end of the Ariapita Avenue complex, the centre needs another million dollars to complete the construction and anticipates that it would be ready for business by April next year.