The Scarborough General Hospital recorded one birth on Mother’s Day yesterday. Candice Murray of Pembroke delivered her bouncing baby boy at the Signal Hill institution at 2:13pm. The child is Ms Murray’s first, and weighed at 4.416 kilograms at birth. Officials of the Tobago Regional Health Authority visited the new mother with a party that…
TRHA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Paula Chester Cumberbatch has pledged the ongoing support of the TRHA, in meeting the needs of everyone, including the elderly.
Good News for the vendors, who plied their trade at the Scarborough Regional Hospital, they will soon be given accommodation at the Scarborough General Hospital in Signal Hill
The vendors who were previously located on the compound of the Scarborough Regional hospital, are still awaiting word on when they would be relocated to the new hospital. They say they are being ignored by the authorities.
“The future of Scarborough General lies in its potential to become the country’s next teaching hospital and a centre for medical tourism and ophthalmology”, this according to Secretary of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Claudia Groome –Duke, after meeting staff at the Scarborough General Hospital recently.
Police continue to investigate the death of 38 year old, TRHA janitorial staff- Islmar John. In an autopsy done by forensic pathologist, Dr. Eastlyn McDonald Burris on Sunday, it revealed that John died from pulmonary edema and congestion, as her lungs were swollen due to suspected ingestion of a toxic substance.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a janitorial staff who was employed with the TRHA and based at the authority’s Mt. Marie office.
The Rotaract Club of Tobago donated $20, 000 to the Oncology Unit of the Scarborough General Hospital as part of their week long activities which started on Monday March11th.
An 86-year-old patient of Scarborough General Hospital was brought before the Scarborough High Court following a ha-be-as corpus order.
Yet another family is crying negligence on the part of the nurses and doctors at the Scarborough Regional Hospital and the Scarborough General Hospital. They are now calling on the Secretary for Health Claudia Groome Duke and Minister of Health Dr. Fuad Khan to intervene.
