The Ministry of Health wishes to reassure the national community that there is no Dengue Fever outbreak. The Ministry of Health’s Insect Vector Control Division (IVCD) Victoria East/Nariva/Mayaro Office received a report of one (1) case of dengue on January 26th 2012.

The Honourable Dr. Fuad Khan, Minister of Health, would like to advise that with immediate effect, no Government of Trinidad and Tobago emergency ambulance, with their personnel, should abandon any patient in distress.

The Ministry of Health joins the rest of the world in observing World Leprosy Day on January 29, 2012.

"I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Akeel Simon on his untimely passing..."

The SWRHA has put arrangements in place for residents of Cedros and surrounding areas to access emergency services after hours at the Cedros Health Centre.

The Ministry of Health has received Cabinet approval for the introduction of an Aides to Nursing Programme.

The Ministry of Health, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is introducing an Adverse Events Policy as a framework for the development of systems and processes for identifying, preventing, investigating, reporting, managing monitoring and evaluating adverse events that occur in both public and private healthcare facilities.

There has been a voluntary recall by the McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of certain lots of MOTRIN® IB 24 count COATED CAPLETS, MOTRIN® IB 24 count COATED TABLETS and MOTRIN® IB 24+6 count COATED CAPLETS [...] Please note that these products have not been distributed in Trinidad and Tobago.