Health Check – Medical Milestones And Outbreak Alerts

A polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea has left a child paralysed, a medical team in…

Health Check – CARPHA Continues Surveillance Of Public Health Emergencies

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) recently launched a new regional initiative aimed at strengthening health…

Health Check – US Navy Hospital Ship Offers Aid To Hundreds

In this week’s Health Check, we highlight a special mission docked in Port of Spain: the…

Health Check – Robotic Surgery: Smaller Scars, Bigger Impact

Robotic surgery is one of Apollo Hospitals’ most advanced offerings in 76 of its facilities in…

Health Check – Understanding Fibroids: What Every Woman Should Know

Also called myomas, fibroids are benign, non-cancerous growths that form in or around the uterus. July…

Health Check – Spotlight On Cataracts

June is Cataract Awareness Month – and for people living with diabetes, it’s a timely reminder…

Health Check – Bloodline Boost: 83 Heroes, 250 Lives

A blood drive held over the weekend may have just saved up to 250 lives. It…

Health Check – Robust National Cancer Registry Needed

Cancer is striking younger people — those who are of working age. This is adding urgency…

Health Check – St Augustine Teaching Hospital

Approximately one in every three deaths in Trinidad and Tobago is caused by cardiovascular disease. Advances…

Health Check – New Support Group Launched For Lupus Warriors in Tobago

Tobagonians affected by lupus now have a support group to call their own. This new entity,…

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