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Kimberly Castillo
Friday, January 25th 2008
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</td> <td> TWELVE Chinese construction workers had to seek treatment for dengue fever during the first two weeks of January.
The workers who are contracted with the Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) International Trinidad and Tobago Limited were believed to have been exposed to the deadly Aedes aegypti mosquito while at their living quarters on Keate Street, Port of Spain-a stone's throw from the Port of Spain General Hospital and the Queen's Park Savannah-one of the main venues for Carnival festivities.
The workers were among those who worked on the Prime Minister's residence and diplomatic centre at La Fantasie, St Ann's, and are working on other construction sites.
Managing director of SCG Limited Michael Zhang said during the first two weeks of this month, 12 workers fell sick, and were taken to hospital where doctors confirmed they had dengue fever.
"Six workers were sent to Westshore Medical and the other six were sent to St Clair Medical centre,"said Zhang.
Only hours earlier, in response to questions raised during a post Cabinet media conference at White Hall, Port of Spain as to whether the Health Ministry noticed any increase in cases of either dengue or gastroenteritis, health minister, Jerry Narace said:
"Well the Ministry is always looking at those arrangements but not in any unusual manner" and "I have no report of any unusual level of that at this time"
In a release issued a short while later, the Ministry of Health confirmed that 12 cases of dengue fever occurred in the Chinese workers.The release stated that 11 workers were at St Clair Medical Hospital.
But according to Zhang, six of the 12 workers affected have since been discharged from Westshore Medical and have returned to work. He added the remaining six are expected to be discharged from St Clair Medical Centre today. Since the first few incidents of Dengue Fever, Zhang said the company did their own spraying of the compound and isolated the workers who were suspected of having Dengue. He said some workers from the Ministry of Health visited the living quarters and are expected to return to do their own spraying.
There were recent reports of a dengue outbreak in the Chaguanas area and Ministry officials were also investigating those claims.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161268974
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Kimberly Castillo
Friday, January 25th 2008
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The workers who are contracted with the Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) International Trinidad and Tobago Limited were believed to have been exposed to the deadly Aedes aegypti mosquito while at their living quarters on Keate Street, Port of Spain-a stone's throw from the Port of Spain General Hospital and the Queen's Park Savannah-one of the main venues for Carnival festivities.
The workers were among those who worked on the Prime Minister's residence and diplomatic centre at La Fantasie, St Ann's, and are working on other construction sites.
Managing director of SCG Limited Michael Zhang said during the first two weeks of this month, 12 workers fell sick, and were taken to hospital where doctors confirmed they had dengue fever.
"Six workers were sent to Westshore Medical and the other six were sent to St Clair Medical centre,"said Zhang.
Only hours earlier, in response to questions raised during a post Cabinet media conference at White Hall, Port of Spain as to whether the Health Ministry noticed any increase in cases of either dengue or gastroenteritis, health minister, Jerry Narace said:
"Well the Ministry is always looking at those arrangements but not in any unusual manner" and "I have no report of any unusual level of that at this time"
In a release issued a short while later, the Ministry of Health confirmed that 12 cases of dengue fever occurred in the Chinese workers.The release stated that 11 workers were at St Clair Medical Hospital.
But according to Zhang, six of the 12 workers affected have since been discharged from Westshore Medical and have returned to work. He added the remaining six are expected to be discharged from St Clair Medical Centre today. Since the first few incidents of Dengue Fever, Zhang said the company did their own spraying of the compound and isolated the workers who were suspected of having Dengue. He said some workers from the Ministry of Health visited the living quarters and are expected to return to do their own spraying.
There were recent reports of a dengue outbreak in the Chaguanas area and Ministry officials were also investigating those claims.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161268974
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