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As Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar push­es ahead with her promise to re­vive the Cou­va Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal, the T&T Na­tion­al Nurs­ing As­so­ci­a­tion (TTNNA) says there is no need for it and there are not even enough pae­di­atric nurs­es to staff the fa­cil­i­ty.

TTNNA pres­i­dent Idi Stu­art yes­ter­day said a chil­dren’s hos­pi­tal is un­war­rant­ed.

“We re­al­ly hope they don’t go through with that. Cur­rent­ly, there are two chil­dren’s units in T&T. There’s the Wendy Fitzwilliam Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal at Er­ic Williams and there’s San Fer­nan­do,” Stu­art said dur­ing an in­ter­view on CNC3’s The Morn­ing Brew pro­gramme.