The North West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty has an­nounced what it de­scribes as a mile­stone in neona­tal care, fol­low­ing the dis­charge of the small­est triplets ever de­liv­ered and treat­ed in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

In a me­dia re­lease to­day, the Au­thor­i­ty said the in­fants were de­liv­ered at 27 weeks and re­ceived care at the Neona­tal In­ten­sive Care Unit of the Port of Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

The NWRHA said the suc­cess­ful dis­charge re­flects the strength of the three in­fants and their fam­i­ly, af­ter what it de­scribed as a long and frag­ile jour­ney in in­ten­sive care.