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pioneer wrote:habit7 yuh eh tired chasin yuh own tail dan?
Kams shoulda jus send them ah 1yr supply of huggies and done da story.
Man talkin big like ah shotta...he shoulda go merica an puddong de chile an dem...lol...like yeh man...ok eh
More Govt help for sextuplet parents
By Anna Ramdass anna.ramdass@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 10, 2013 at 9:55 PM ECT
Story Updated: May 10, 2013 at 11:47 PM ECT
To ease the financial woes of the parents of Trinidad and Tobago’s first sextuplets, grants have been made available to them through the Ministry of the People and Social Development.
The March 4 birth of the sextuplets to parents Petra Lee Foon, a teacher, and Kieron Cummings, a bank employee, was a first for T&T and the Caribbean.
The Health Ministry spent some $6 million in health care for the babies and a Housing Development Corporation (HDC) house in Edinburgh was given to the parents last week.
The Express understands that the parents, facing financial constraints, accessed grants available under the Social Development Ministry.
Minister of the People Dr Glenn Ramdharsingh told the Express yesterday the Ministry’s “people’s unit” has been in contact with the family and has made available grants and food cards to ease their financial strain.
Two of the six babies have died due to complications associated with prematurity at Mt Hope Women’s Hospital neonatal unit (NICU).
Ramdharsingh said the family received a funeral grant from the ministry for the burial of the first baby—Kaelon Cummings Lee Foon.
He said the family was also given a hamper and two food cards.
Ramdharsingh said the pharmaceuticals grants of $2,500 every six months was also made available to the parents.
He said counselling and support services from the ministry have been ongoing.
Ramadharsingh added that the ministry was also planning to give the babies a “nest egg” in the form of units from the Unit Trust.
On Thursday, Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan criticised Cummings, who said he regretted not taking his wife abroad for treatment as he took issue with the NICU’s after care of the babies.
Khan said the parents were ungrateful and owe the Government, Prime Minister and people of this country for all that has been given to them.
He also stressed that the babies were conceived through the use of a fertility drug, Clomid, which comes with a number of risks to the babies and therefore it was wrong of the parents to criticise the hard-working staff of the NICU who have been caring for the babies.
One baby still remains at Mt Hope while the other three are at home with their parents.
Gem_in_i wrote:I wonder if they going to refuse those grants now?
Is he going to take the baby who is currently in Hospital to the US?
Bizzare wrote:lets be honest here. y'all think the father is truly grieving?
Every article I read so far, the father has been indirectly expressing regret over the situation.
nemisis wrote:^^^ I lazy tell us nah, did it have something to do with a mandatory donation email
‘Too much negativity over sextuplets’
By Kim Boodram
Story Created: May 15, 2013 at 10:04 PM ECT
Story Updated: May 16, 2013 at 7:44 AM ECT
FORMER gender affairs minister Verna St Rose-Greaves said yesterday too much negativity has surrounded the birth of the nation’s first sextuplets, as she chided Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan for being “harsh” on the babies’ parents.
Speaking to TV6 Morning Edition host, Fazeer Mohammed, on the show, St Rose-Greaves said the birth, the first in Trinidad and Tobago, and the region, was possibly a missed opportunity to form a local philosophy on family and children.
St Rose-Greaves was critical of Khan for publicly referring to the children’s father, Kieron Cummings, as “ungrateful”, over statements by Cummings that had he the chance to do it over, he would have taken his newborn family abroad for treatment.
Khan had at the same time said Kieron and the babies’ mother, teacher Petra Lee Foon, owed this country a “thank you” after close to $5 million was spent to make the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital suitable for the children’s after care.
Two of the babies, the youngest and eldest, have since died, while a third, Persia, has been diagnosed with a hole in the heart.
“The money did not come out of Dr Khan’s pocket,” St Rose-Greaves said.
She said Khan had taken an oath that obligated him to treat with patients and citizens a certain way and instead he chose to set a negative tone from the onset of the babies’ birth.
Also a women’s and children’s rights activist and a social worker for years, St Rose-Greaves said the parents spoke in their grief, having not been given time to properly mourn the loss of their two children.
She said, too, that initial reactions from the country to the birth took a different turn when the ethnicity of the parents was revealed.
On Tuesday, former head of the Neonatal Unit of the Port of Spain General Hospital Dr Petronella Manning-Alleyne also criticised Khan and other health officials for their public vilification of the parents of the sextuplets.
The North Central Regional Health Authority subsequently described Cummings statements as unfortunate.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Too ... 44581.html
thank god they dropped this psycho like a hot potato. as i always say it is so easy to cry race 
Sick of ‘sextuplets’ saga
Story Created: May 15, 2013 at 9:28 PM ECT
Story Updated: May 15, 2013 at 10:55 PM ECT
Is it just me or are the rest of us fellow citizens getting sick and tired of reading about the sextuplets saga? The father said this, the Health Minister said that; oh, for goodness sake! This miracle story has turned into a sour and nasty blame game and it has to stop.
Yes, in my personal opinion, I thought the father was very ungrateful to come out after and state he should have carried his girlfriend (she is not his wife) abroad to have the babies. I am sure the whole country was wondering who on earth was going to foot the bill.
The last time I checked, health care in America isn’t free. If the trip was made, it shouldn’t have been at the expense of the State as this was indeed a private matter. There are so many other children who need operations, etc, and they are yet to be sponsored to go abroad.
To a great extent, there is no doubt the parents put the cart before the horse, and they are not the only ones; there are many people who are not fully prepared to have children but do so anyway; they just didn’t have six at once. Sacrifices must be made.
The fact is it makes no sense judging them, that is left for God alone to do. For as far as I am concerned, I wish the family well, but the blame game has to stop. I wish the little ones the best life, for they are innocent in all of this. Yes, it can be understood that two of the little ones died, that is indeed sad and losing a child is painful, but there is no doubt the hospital staff tried.
Anyone who reads about multiple births would know there are so many health risks and dangers involved, even the mother could die as well. I am not saying the families aren’t hurting, but this circus needs to stop. The past cannot be changed or undone.
It is time for the parents to move forward and take care of their children and for “who say, she say or he say” to end. It is time for the father to shut his mouth and simply be the best father he can be. The mother has yet to make a comment to the public, but the father seems to be the one to keep pushing the issue of, “I cudda, wudda, shudda”. It is not helping anybody.
Out of this circus, we are glad the mother is alive and the other little ones are doing well, but let us continue to pray that the baby girl in hospital would be well.
The media needs to shift attention to other matters and stop encouraging the blame game. Perhaps then, it was a good move to highlight the issue since we as citizens can see some essential equipment was purchased for the hospital.
Sadly, however, our health service, as well as our education and protective services, still leaves much to be desired. Let us all do our jobs and move on with our lives, for goodness sake.
U Thomas
Port of Spain
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/letters/ ... 40811.html
Baby Persia Meleigh, who had remained warded at the Mount Hope Women’s Hospital has died.
She is the 2nd girl to have passed away and the 3rd of the sextuplet to have died.
According to reports, she died last night. Persia was born with a congenital abnormality.
The sextuplets were born to Petra Lee Foon, a teacher and Kieron Cummings, a banking employee. The parents made history with the successful birth of the Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean’s first sextuplet.
Dr Shehenaz Mohammed, Chairman of the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) confirmed that both parents were at the baby’s bedside when she passed away.
The last born of the sextuplets, Paeton Christopher died in April just 16 days after his eldest sibling, Kaelon Nasir.
The three surviving siblings, one girl and two boys were discharged from hospital and are with their parents.
Baby Persia and her siblings were delivered by Caesarian section on March 4th 2013.
RIP baby.
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