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