$55 million in Children’s Life Fund

Deyalsingh said as of 2.15 pm on Thursday, there was no application from the parents of baby Matthew Rambharack to get assistance via the Fund. He said Matthew was born on May 24, 2016 with complex congenital heart disease.

Deyalsingh added, “From 2015 to now, I as Minister of Health on behalf of the Government of TT have approved 40 applications for the CLF.” He said it appeared that in this instance, “it was the parents’ decision to access medical care on their own.” The CLF was established under the former People’s Partnership administration