De­spite hav­ing a neu­ro­log­i­cal ill­ness that can lead to im­mo­bil­i­ty and death, pa­tients with Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (MS) in Trinidad and To­ba­go are men­tal­ly stronger than their coun­ter­parts in oth­er coun­tries.

This was one of the find­ings shared dur­ing an MS sym­po­sium last Thurs­day at Am­phithe­atre C, Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex. The event fea­tured a team of clin­i­cal and non-clin­i­cal ex­perts in­volved in MS care and was held un­der the theme: “Shap­ing the Fu­ture of Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis Care in Trinidad & To­ba­go: A Mul­ti­sec­toral Di­a­logue.”

Dr Hen­ry Bai­ley, an eco­nom­ics lec­tur­er at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, said MS pa­tients in this coun­try have a stronger men­tal health thresh­old than those abroad.