MOH GETS OVER US$10M IN CANCER EQUIPMENT

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Over 10 U-S Million Dollars’ worth in cancer equipment has been donated to the Ministry of Health by state entity, Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited.  The official handing over ceremony took place at the T&T Cancer Center, St james Medical Complex this morning.  Acting Prime Minster Stuart Young called on private corporate entities to follow suit and do more to improve the lives of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.  Reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh tells us more.

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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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