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'We care for smallest, sickest babies'
Posted: Monday, April 22, 2024
NWRHA: 'We care for smallest, sickest babies'
Some of the babies received by the NWRHA are smaller than 600 grams and spend close to three months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH), which falls under its jurisdiction.
The NWRHA's average admission rate for babies is 33 per month.
Last year, the authority reported 2,169 live births.
Of this number, 403 or 19 per cent were admitted to the NICU.
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