Once again, Residents of Point Fortin and Environs are calling on the Minister of Health, Terrance Deyalsingh to say when the new billion dollars Point Fortin Hospital will become fully operational. This renewed call comes in the wake of the shooting death of Anthony Jeffery. Mr. Jeffery, was shot on Friday afternoon, he had to be taken to Point Fortin Hospital and then transferred to San Fernando General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Residents say that Mr Jeffery would have been alive if the hospital was fully operational where the necessary emergency medical treatment could have been performed on him.
Jeffery was shot in Techier Village on Friday afternoon, mere meters from the new Hospital, which had its grand opening ceremony on July 4th 2020 but is not yet fully operational. He had to be taken to the San Fernando General Hospital.
Southsidenewstt reached out to South West Regional Health Authority to determine when the hospital will become fully operational, but our efforts were futile.
