The Medical Board has launched an investigation into a surgery at a private hospital last January to remove 17 cocaine pellets from the stomach of an Arouca man.So said Attorney General Anand Ramlogan in a brief interview at the Carlton Savannah Hotel, St Ann's, yesterday.The issue has been the subject of much debate.
Ramlogan said he was "happy to say that I have received correspondence from the Medical Board of T&T that has confirmed they have launched an investigation in the matter."He said the board's letter was in response to a letter he sent to it requesting the investigation, "so therefore that matter is the subject of an on-going investigation by the Medical Board."He said the police were also probing the incident.
Responding to questions on last weekend's deflation of some ten car tyres and the placement of racial flyers on the vehicles at MovieTowne Entertainment Complex, Invaders Bay, Port-of-Spain, Ramlogan said they were "acts of criminal vandalism that I condemn outright."He hoped the CCTV cameras would assist in identifying those who committed the acts.The AG also said shopping malls in T&T should do more to assist in the fight against crime.
"The private sector has to play a role in the fight against crime by protecting those persons from that kind of wanton lawlessness and vandalism," he added.Ramlogan said mall owners should invest in the safety of those who shop there."With the profits they make they must set up CCTV cameras in those parking lots in all malls and all public spaces in T&T," Ramlogan said.He said as the Christmas season approached "I personally would advocate a name and shame approach to this.
"If any mall does not have CCTV cameras and adequate security for its patrons they should be outed by the media so the shopping public will know not to patronise there."