Cuffie moved to Washington DC hospital

Minister of Communications Maxie Cuffie has been flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Washington, DC, where he is being given further treatment. Doctors decided to move Cuffie from the St Clair Medical Centre, where he had been hospitalised since early September.

Not long after Cuffie suffered a stroke, he was visited by Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh, who said Cuffie was awake, was very alert and all his intellectual skills were intact. “He was able to give me a very nice thumbs-up. I spoke to the ICU interventionist and they are very optimistic for a happy outcome in time,” Deyalsingh said then.

However, medical sources told Newsday that Cuffie suffered a second stroke and underwent emergency surgery to stop this bleeding. However, after that surgery, specialists recommended he be moved to Washington for specialised medical treatment.

He was reported to be recuperating slowly. It remained unclear when he will be released from hospital, but his wife Hermia Tyson-Cuffie, was reported to be at his bedside in Washington, DC.