PENNY asks some INTELLIGENT questions over POOR state of PUBLIC HEALTH services- why do we have such high INFANT MORTALITY RATES at 24 DEATHS per 1,000 BIRTHS ?? Beckles-Robinson noted that out of 228 countries, Trinidad and Tobago ranked 74th on the infant-mortality index, and with the exception of Guyana, other countries such as Grenada, St Kitts, Jamaica and Anguilla were better placed. She noted there were 24 deaths per every 1,000 births and this should not happen when this country is considered the economic hub of the Caribbean, and with an annual national budget of $60 billion. “Clearly, something is wrong and we have to get to the bottom of it; we need to ask the doctors, the nurses, is it a question of management, is it negligence, is it that people are not motivated, is it a shortage of equipment, what is it?” she added. She said the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex and the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital were built as a teaching facility and to provide health care for all, not just in Trinidad and Tobago but regionally.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 10:59:22 +0000
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