T&T Abdool-Richards: No beds left in ICUs
Abdool-Richards provided the following breakdown of ICU bed utilisation at the various hospitals in the parallel healthcare system and the vaccination status of patients:
• Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility – all 22 beds occupied, 21 patients unvaccinated.
• Arima General Hospital – all 12 beds occupied, all 12 patients not fully vaccinated.
• Augustus Long Hospital – nine of 10 beds occupied, eight of the nine patients not fully vaccinated.
• Point Fortin Hospital – all four beds occupied, all four patients not fully vaccinated.
• St James medical Complex – all four beds occupied, all four patients not fully vaccinated.
“So this morning, 96 per cent of patients in the Intensive Care Units in our hospitals across Trinidad are not fully vaccinated.
“We also looked at the situation in the Accident and Emergency Departments of our traditional healthcare system. As of 8.30 this morning there were 27 severely and critically ill Covid-19 patients awaiting transfer into the parallel healthcare system. Of those, nine patients representing 33 per cent, were of Intensive Care Unit level.”
She said in addition to having reached almost maximum capacity, nine souls are awaiting Intensive Care Unit care in the parallel healthcare system, and are being ventilated and managed in the Accident and Emergency Departments.
She noted that not one of those nine persons were fully vaccinated.
• Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility – all 22 beds occupied, 21 patients unvaccinated.
• Arima General Hospital – all 12 beds occupied, all 12 patients not fully vaccinated.
• Augustus Long Hospital – nine of 10 beds occupied, eight of the nine patients not fully vaccinated.
• Point Fortin Hospital – all four beds occupied, all four patients not fully vaccinated.
• St James medical Complex – all four beds occupied, all four patients not fully vaccinated.
“So this morning, 96 per cent of patients in the Intensive Care Units in our hospitals across Trinidad are not fully vaccinated.
“We also looked at the situation in the Accident and Emergency Departments of our traditional healthcare system. As of 8.30 this morning there were 27 severely and critically ill Covid-19 patients awaiting transfer into the parallel healthcare system. Of those, nine patients representing 33 per cent, were of Intensive Care Unit level.”
She said in addition to having reached almost maximum capacity, nine souls are awaiting Intensive Care Unit care in the parallel healthcare system, and are being ventilated and managed in the Accident and Emergency Departments.
She noted that not one of those nine persons were fully vaccinated.
