Al­most five months af­ter the cen­tral block at the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal was con­demned fol­low­ing the 6.9 earth­quake which forced the im­me­di­ate re­lo­ca­tion of pa­tients and staff—an­swers are be­ing de­mand­ed as to when de­mo­li­tion and re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion works will be­gin.

Urg­ing Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley to in­ter­vene, pres­i­dent of T&T Reg­is­tered Nurs­es As­so­ci­a­tion (TTR­NA) Idi Stew­art de­scribed the sit­u­a­tion at the hos­pi­tal as one which had reached “cri­sis point.”

The North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown patient who underwent emergency surgery at the Port of Spain General Hospital.

The unidentified man was found unconscious in the vicinity of the Beetham Highway at approximately 1:30 am this morning, Sunday 3rd February, 2019 and brought into the hospital by GMRTT.

He is:

* Of East Indian descent

* Approximately 30 years old

* Slim built

* Approximately 75kg – 80kg (165 - 176lbs)

* 6ft tall

* Medium brown in complexion

Al­most five months af­ter the cen­tral block at the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal was con­demned and evac­u­at­ed fol­low­ing the 6.9 earth­quake—de­mo­li­tion and re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion works are yet to be­gin.

Pres­i­dent of T&T Reg­is­tered Nurs­es As­so­ci­a­tion (TTR­NA) Idi Stew­art de­scribed the sit­u­a­tion at the health fa­cil­i­ty as one which had reached “cri­sis point.”

On Fri­day, Stew­art wrote to Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley im­plor­ing him to pri­ori­tise the project.