There have been no re­port­ed surges at health fa­cil­i­ties with­in the cen­tral dis­trict the Min­istry of Health has con­firmed in a state­ment.

“Cur­rent da­ta in­di­cate that Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency De­part­ments at both the Ch­agua­nas and Cou­va Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ties con­tin­ue to op­er­ate with­in nor­mal pa­tient vol­umes, with no un­usu­al in­crease in the num­ber of per­sons ac­cess­ing care,” the Min­istry re­ports.

The Health Min­istry’s state­ment al­so clar­i­fy the sit­u­a­tion in To­ba­go, where the Sec­re­tary for Health has said that fa­cil­i­ties there are in “emer­gency mode”.

“As it re­lates to To­ba­go, there is no sin­gle fac­tor re­spon­si­ble for the re­cent uptick in ad­mis­sions,” the Min­istry said.

It ex­plained that the is­land’s to­tal hos­pi­tal bed ca­pac­i­ty stands at 130, and as a re­sult, “fluc­tu­a­tions in oc­cu­pan­cy can oc­cur.”

“Pa­tient de­cant­i­ng pro­ce­dures have been im­ple­ment­ed, with less crit­i­cal cas­es be­ing trans­ferred to the Rox­bor­ough Hos­pi­tal to ac­com­mo­date those await­ing beds,” the Min­istry’s state­ment re­port­ed.

The Min­istry al­so gave as­sur­ances that it con­tin­ues to li­aise close­ly with the rel­e­vant Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ties, “to en­sure the con­tin­ued de­liv­ery of time­ly and ef­fec­tive care across all fa­cil­i­ties.”