Port of Spain General Hospital NICU baby death toll jumps to 18

Port of Spain – Two weeks after the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) announced that seven babies died at the Port-of-Spain Neonatal ICU between April 4 and 9, the deaths of 11 other infants have been added to a growing list by attorneys in a class action lawsuit against the health authority.

According to attorneys, this now brings to 18 the number of babies who reportedly died at the NICU due to the spread of infections.

In a pre-action protocol letter issued to the NWRHA yesterday...