00:00State entity Phoenix Park Gas Processes Limited on Saturday handed over a
00:05donation of over US 10 million dollars worth in oncological diagnostic and
00:10imaging machines to the Ministry of Health. About 14 machines will be
00:15distributed across multiple RHAs in Trinidad as part of the public health
00:20care system. PPGPL president says in deciding on this corporate social
00:25responsibility initiative years ago they wanted to assist all citizens in
00:30getting first-world medical support saying affordability should not be a
00:35barrier to quality health care. It is reflective of the benefit that this
00:40country receives from the natural gas resources that are produced in Trinidad
00:44and Tobago because as we always say while other people may want to take
00:49credit for our natural gas resources the natural gas resources of this country
00:54belong to the people of Trinidad and Tobago and the first benefit must always
00:59be to the people of Trinidad and Tobago. PPGPL says they have also committed to
01:05providing three years post maintenance and a training of technicians. Rampasad
01:10on Saturday also suggested the integration of artificial intelligence
01:14in the operation of the machines something health minister Terence
01:18de Alzing supports. What AI could do is read 10,000 scans in maybe an hour and
01:26pick up abnormalities that a human eye can't pick up. It has already been proven
01:32to be effective in breast cancer. It eliminates what we call the noise in
01:39though the doctors will know what noise in those scans. Noise are images that
01:45turn up in scans that could mimic a tumor could mimic a cancerous cell and
01:53with AI Mr. Rampasad we can make faster diagnosis. Also speaking at the event
02:01acting Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart
02:05Young SC urges corporate entities to be their brother's keeper and take example
02:11from PPGPL and form partnerships with government agencies to carry out
02:16initiatives that can benefit the people of TNT the way these cancer machines
02:21will. That is something that bothers me on a daily basis that those who have
02:27more in our corporate society try and help those who have less because the
02:34government cannot carry it alone. Cindy Raghubantika Singh TV6 News
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