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Akash Sama­roo

Sched­uled surg­eries at the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal were dis­rupt­ed yes­ter­day af­ter op­er­at­ing the­atre at­ten­dants called in sick, an ac­tion that is said to be linked to their frus­tra­tion over be­ing in­formed that they would not re­ceive back­pay this month.

Guardian Me­dia was re­li­ably in­formed that all elec­tive surg­eries were can­celled due to most of the hos­pi­tal’s the­atre at­ten­dants not re­port­ing for du­ty. The at­ten­dants took a sick day.