Saturday, February 9 2013

Medical assistance would be given to the Caribbean’s first set of sextuplets who will be born by Caesarean section on March 14.

In an interview yesterday, the Health Minister, Fuad Khan, said he would be checking on the 28-year-old Central Trinidad woman and her six newborn babies to make sure they are “well taken care of” after delivery.

The babies would receive post delivery care at the Wendy Fitzwilliam Paediatric Hospital and the Post-natal Clinic at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, said Khan.

He noted that the facilities had all the necessary equipment to properly care for the children.

The Ministry of the People as well as the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development also intend to assist the mother. They will offer grants to the family. Media and Policy Adviser in the Ministry of the People, Roshan Sookram informed Newsday of this yesterday.