Mt Hope nurses on the warpath
They are fed up with low salaries and plan to take industrial action.
Mt Hope nurses plan to take decisive action at an emergency meeting on Tuesday. According to a source the nurses are fed up with promises that haven’t been kept.
The main contention is about salary increases.
The nurses are saying that they are still [...]
$200 for swine flu vaccine
MPs are first in line to receive the vaccines. Otherwise, you can pay $200 to be vaccinated at a private hospital.
The Swine Flu vaccines are here-some 50,000 batches- but members of the public will not be able to access them just yet.
According to Health Minister Jerry Narace health care workers, policemen, soldiers and, of [...]
Swine Flu Vaccines Next Week
The much-awaited Swine Flu vaccine will be here next week, according to Health Minister Jerry Narace- and this should provide much relief to a public becoming more and more paranoid after five deaths and some 215 official cases.
It should be good news to muslims wanting to travel to Mecca for the annual Haj pilgrimage [...]
TB case at POS hotel
The suspected case at the hotel is a management official employed with an expatriate company. The hotel has had staff medically checked.
An expatriate worker has been diagnosed with tuberculosis.
It is understood the man, who holds a management position with a foreign company, has been staying at a posh Port of Spain hotel. The Tntinsider [...]
Swine flu hits 2 schools
Two primary schools have reported cases of the Swine Flu virus in the past week. Currently, over 100 persons have contracted the flu.
The Swine Flu menace has reared its head now that the new school term has started.
Last week, Grant Memorial Presbyterian School, a prestige primary school in downtown San Fernando, had to be closed [...]
Bogus ethnic cleansing charges from Gopeesingh
Dr Tim fails to find any credible support for his outrageous claims of ethnic cleansing at the Port of Spain General Hospital. Undeterred, he is calling for an investigation into deaths from operations at the Port of Spain General Hospital.
Caroni East MP Dr Tim Goopeesingh, who has failed to get support from his fellow [...]
76 Swine Flu cases
Was the Government a bit premature in postponing the Caribbean Games? The Swine Flu outbreak hardly seems to be a bother these days.
The Swine Flu scare seems to have abated…..somewhat.
It is no longer the hot topic of conversation. Not even in the Senate where senators, with nothing better to do wanted to walk out [...]
TT still swine flu free
Health Ministry campaigns for improved personal hygiene. But many people have no water in their taps.
Let’s knock wood and praise the much-maligned Ministry of Health for doing a fine job as regards the international swine flu outbreak.
So far, 110 persons have tested negative to flu and it appears that the vigorous personal hygiene campaign [...]
Mexican wave against swine flu
The Ministry has put the country has put the country on heightened alert and the presence of the national under-17 footballers in Mexico is a bit of a worry to the authorities and parents.