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THA Secretary of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Dr Faith Brebnor is encouraging Tobagonians to utilise health centres where possible, as the emergency mode at the Scarborough General Hospital has been lifted.

The Scarborough General Hospital officially exited the mode on July 11, following a 48-hour intervention period​. On July 8, the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) in a press release said the hospital had activated emergency mode owing to what it called a “surge in patient admissions and capacity constraints across medical and surgical wards.”

Speaking on the Tobago Updates morning show on July 14, Brebnor brought some clarity to the issue, noting that the world including TT remains traumatised coming out of the covid19 pandemic as prior to the pandemic, no one cared about what happened in the healthcare system.