SAME-DAY surgeries began on November 28 at the Couva Children’s Hospital as part of a phased approach to fully operationalising the facility.

Health Minister Dr Lackram Bodoe revealed this after a meeting at the hospital on November 28. Although declining an interview at the facility, he later told Newsday the surgeries were for patients on waiting lists across all regional health authorities.

In particular, he said operations were provided for renal dialysis patients who required arteriovenous shunts and radio frequency ablation procedures for patients with severe venous disease of the legs.