Hi,
how does the healthcare system work in Trinidad and Tobago ? Is it efficient ?
What are the main differences between public and private sectors?
Is it recommended to purchase private health insurance in Trinidad and Tobago?
Thanks in advance for sharing your experience !
Julien
Healthcare in Trinidad and Tobago
Julien
29 April 2015 09:45:55
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sheeba_a
06 May 2015 05:30:10
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its horrible.
stumpy
06 May 2015 05:39:06
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sheeba_a wrote:its horrible.
How about a bit more information as to why it is horrible.
sheeba_a
07 May 2015 18:43:29
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the government hospitals are free but their standards are very third world and dangerously poor. They've no accountability. you are taking a big risk with them.
IvyM
31 May 2015 22:42:27
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My spouse was hospitalized in Jan/Feb. He received excellent care in the Emergency Department (Accident and Casualty) at Scarborough Hospital. The care was good on the ward also. The only complaint I have is the difficulty of patients being informed of their treatment plans. I am an Emergency RN from a different country.
I made an appointment to meet with the physician to discuss my spouse's care/condition. I was accommodated but still find that the patient should be kept abreast of their health status.
lopecombe
01 June 2015 16:07:52
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To use the public hospitals for regular visits, I believe you need to "join" a particular regional clinic, and to do so you need to make an appointment that could be at least a month or few in the future. I think they are free, at least for locals. The architecture of the public hospitals is often open, the rooms don't have glass windows, but these open kind of Trini blinds... not enclosed, air-conditioned sterile environments.
I personally have been going to private doctors and specialists, who work from private hospitals or clusters of doctor's offices. They are ok, for example, St. Clair Medical Centre, Doctor's Inn in POS, Medical Associates in St. Joseph, and St. Augustine Private Hospital.
I have looked into health insurance with Sagicor only, and it seems that you always have to pay monthly, there's one plan that's about TT$10,000 for a year... so that's a commitment. And they seem to only partially reimburse your care.
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