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Strategic Priority – Health Care Services and
Hospitals
Health/HIV Aids
The Health Sector continued to be a major priority for the Government with an overall
revised budget of $ 449.1million in 2013. Of this sum, a total of $40 million was utilised
for the purchase of major medical equipment for Health Care Facilities operated by the
Regional Health Authorities (RHAs). The major achievements under the Hospital
Enhancement and Development Programme included:
the installation of ten (10) monitors at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences
Complex (EWMSC) to improve patient monitoring and care
purchase of dental equipment for the Dental Surgery Services Unit at the
EWMSC
purchase of one hundred (100) regulators for the Medical Gas System at the
EWMSC
commissioning of four (4) Hemodialysis Machines for the San Fernando
General Hospital (SFGH)
purchase of medical equipment for the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Unit at
the SFGH
purchase of fourteen (14) monitors for the Maternity Department at the Port
of Spain General Hospital (POSGH)
purchase of one (1) Echocardiograph Machine for the Cardiovascular Unit at
the POSGH
purchase of disaster management equipment for the Sangre Grande Hospital
and the Mayaro District Health Facility
GOAL
A FIT AND HEALTHY NATION
MAIN OUTCOMES:
IMPROVED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
GREATER PARTICIPATION IN SPORT
AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
