The Ministry of Health has revealed the three-person team from the Pan American Health Organisation which has begun its independent investigation into the outbreak at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.
The three-person team includes:
· Dr. Nalini Singh MD, MPH. Professor Emeritus-in-residence, Professor of Pediatrics, Global Health and Epidemiology, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
· Dr. Grisel Rodriguez. MD, PH Clinical Microbiologist, Head of Microbiology, Centro de Asistencia Medica Soriano. Expert in IPC, AMS. PAHO International Consultant based in Uruguay.
· Dr. Gillian Birchwood, MD – Newborn Intensive Care Specialist and Head of the Neonatal Care Intensive Unit at the QEH, Barbados.