Health
Medical Treatment Abroad in trouble again with Omicron surge
By Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
#TurksandCaicos, January 28, 2022 – Up to January 20, five people needed medical evacuation and hospital treatment outside of the Turks and Caicos Islands; one person has died overseas.
The National Health Insurance Treatment Abroad Program (TAP) is again having difficulty finding beds for
Jamell Robinson, Minister of Health & Human Services announced in a press conference recently.
“I would like to note at this juncture that our treatment abroad program is once again experiencing challenges with finding ICU beds inside our network of overseas hospitals because those countries are also experiencing their own waves of the omicron virus.”
At least five people had to be airlifted in the last couple of weeks one of whom was a tourist and another of whom died while being treated in the Dominican Republic.
That patient would unfortunately be subject to DR laws, which say COVID patients who die while in the Dominican Republic, must be cremated.