Health Ministry probes Conrad Murray

Sunday Newsday exclusively reported on June 11, that Murray has been attending to patients at a private medical facility in central Trinidad. In a release, the ministry said that according to the Medical Board Act, Chapter 29:50, the Council of the Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago is responsible for the registration/licensure of medical practitioners and the enforcement against persons who are who are not duly registered/ licensed but purport to practise medicine.

Notwithstanding, in order to ensure the safety of the public, the Ministry of Health is investigating the matter and is liaising with the Council in this respect. The release said further enquiries into this matter should be directed to the Council of the Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago.

Grenada-born Murray, the cardiologist who in 2011 was convicted and jailed for the involuntary manslaughter death of pop legend Michael Jackson, was raised in Trinidad since the age of seven by his mother and stepfather.

Jackson was found dead in 2009 and an autopsy later revealed deadly amounts of the drug propofol which is a short acting intravenous anaesthetic used to put patients to sleep during hospital procedures. It is not intended for home use, because of the usual lack of equipment required for emergency resuscitation