GP services temporarily relocated in Chaguanas

Gen­er­al Prac­tice ser­vices at the Ch­agua­nas Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty will be tem­porar­i­ly re­lo­cat­ed on Sun­day to Mon­trose due to sched­uled elec­tri­cal works.

The North Cen­tral Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NCRHA) said the re­lo­ca­tion will take place from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. while works are car­ried out by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion at the fa­cil­i­ty on Ram­saran Street, Ch­agua­nas.

Dur­ing this pe­ri­od, Gen­er­al Prac­tice ser­vices will be pro­vid­ed at the Mon­trose Health Fa­cil­i­ty. Mem­bers of the pub­lic who nor­mal­ly ac­cess GP care at Ch­agua­nas are ad­vised to at­tend Mon­trose for non-emer­gency med­ical at­ten­tion.

The NCRHA said the Emer­gency De­part­ment at the Ch­agua­nas Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty will re­main open but will op­er­ate in emer­gency mode on­ly. This means ser­vices will be lim­it­ed to the treat­ment of crit­i­cal and ur­gent cas­es dur­ing the pe­ri­od of the elec­tri­cal works.

Pa­tients with non-life-threat­en­ing con­di­tions are en­cour­aged to seek care at al­ter­na­tive fa­cil­i­ties or at­tend the Mon­trose Health Fa­cil­i­ty for Gen­er­al Prac­tice ser­vices.

The au­thor­i­ty said nor­mal op­er­a­tions at the Ch­agua­nas Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty will re­sume once the elec­tri­cal works are com­plet­ed and full pow­er sup­ply is re­stored.

The NCRHA apol­o­gised for any in­con­ve­nience caused by the tem­po­rary arrange­ment and thanked mem­bers of the pub­lic for their un­der­stand­ing and co­op­er­a­tion.