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Medic: Heart surgery becoming more difficult

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt :: "The worldwide economic recession overseas is adversely impacting on local patients trying to access service for complex heart surgery.

This was disclosed by the head of the Paediatric Cardiology Clinic at the Wendy Fitzwilliam Hospital Mt Hope, Dr Diane Alexander, who also said the absence of an Intensive Care Unit at the hospital has limited the facility from tackling complex cases. There is a waiting list of more than 200 paediatric cases, and almost 40 percent were complex cases, she explained"

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