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Almost Dead Teen Stuns Doctors
Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday ^ | Tuesday, August 1 2017

Posted on 08/21/2017 9:47:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A 19-year-old Carenage man, who was about to be declared dead at the PoS General Hospital on Sunday afternoon, stunned doctors when they discovered a weak pulse after a final examination and moved the teen to the intensive care unit where he remained warded up until yesterday.

According to reports, Adolphus Birche of Abepoujade Street, Carenage was bathing with friends at Alcoa Carenage at about 2.30 pm on Sunday when he got into difficulties.

Officers of the Carenage Police Station were alerted that a man was seen in distress in waters at Alcoa and police constables Benjamin and Williams were able to pull Birch from the water to the shore where they attempted CPR.

However, during the process Birch was unresponsive and did not appear to have a pulse.

He was rushed to the St James infirmary and then transferred to the PoS General Hospital (PoSGH). While at PoSGH doctors were unable to find a pulse and while one doctor was about to declare Birch dead, he decided to do a final check for a pulse and discovered a weak pulse.

The shocked doctor, who had already alerted attendants to remove the body to the mortuary, instead told attendants to take Birch to the Intensive Care Unit where he was placed on a respirator and attempts made to save the teen’s life.

Relatives of Birche yesterday described his will to live as amazing and also believed that it was divine intervention which caused Birche to still be alive today. Yesterday, they continued prayers for his complete recovery.

Relatives thanked the officers who assisted Birche and the doctor who saw it fit to carry out the final check before removing Birche to the mortuary.

Another relative, who identified herself as an aunt, said she had been taking care of Birche for a very long time and described him as an excellent swimmer. She said she had no idea why he would have found himself in difficulty while bathing on Sunday but told Newsday, “we are keeping our fingers crossed, I am unable to tell his grandmother about the incident because I am sure that it will affect her badly and we are trying to keep this information from her, but we are hoping that my nephew pulls through so that he could realise his dream of becoming a welder”.

She said Birche, who is a student, is a good person with a bright future and she is hoping that with all the prayers being recited for his recovery, he will be able to beat the odds.


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1 posted on 08/21/2017 9:47:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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.... the PoS General Hospital “.

Hmmmm.......? Probably explains a lot.


2 posted on 08/21/2017 9:52:29 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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… the PoS General Hospital …
JFTR, that is the Port of Spain General Hospital, not the “Piece of S*** General Hospital”, although this incident may make some think the latter.
3 posted on 08/21/2017 9:53:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: nickcarraway

Nice find.


4 posted on 08/21/2017 9:54:11 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: nickcarraway
the PoS General Hospital

LOL

The Barack Obama General Hospital will feature free euthanasia in such cases.

5 posted on 08/21/2017 9:54:24 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: nickcarraway

Well, when doctors work at a place called PoS General Hospital, patients probably stun them with all sorts of problems all the time.


6 posted on 08/21/2017 9:55:28 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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7 posted on 08/21/2017 9:57:06 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: iowamark

PoS General Hospital. I think we finally found where brackish homobama was born!


8 posted on 08/21/2017 9:57:58 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: EnglishOnly

POS General Hospital...a great title for a spoof on American health care at a large public hospital in someplace like DC or Chicago...lol :-)

I have seen this up close in real life, you just wouldn’t believe what goes on :-/


9 posted on 08/21/2017 10:01:41 PM PDT by Bobalu (Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be freeloaders.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Bring out your dead”


10 posted on 08/21/2017 10:03:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXMx8OW32Bs

Louis Armstrong; “St. James Infirmary Blues”


11 posted on 08/21/2017 10:03:55 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: nickcarraway

"Were you pulling the plug on me?"

12 posted on 08/21/2017 10:05:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Rushed from St. James Infirmary to the PoS Hospital. What a trip!


13 posted on 08/21/2017 10:09:03 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Thanks.


14 posted on 08/21/2017 10:16:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Vision Thing
"Hey, he's alive"

Well, when doctors work at a place called PoS General Hospital

Most of their training comes from antihistamine and cough medicine commercials.

15 posted on 08/21/2017 10:17:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: truth_seeker

Weird. I just listened to that.


16 posted on 08/21/2017 10:19:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: EnglishOnly

Port of Spain


17 posted on 08/21/2017 10:26:40 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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18 posted on 08/21/2017 10:44:37 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: nickcarraway
described him as an excellent swimmer.

Did he hit his head diving? Did someone try to drown him?

19 posted on 08/21/2017 10:46:03 PM PDT by TChad
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“Bring out your dead”

But, I am not dead yet. 😄😆😁

20 posted on 08/21/2017 10:50:34 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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