Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been ordered to rest after spending yesterday afternoon at the Cross Crossing Medical Centre, San Fernando, due to a high blood sugar level.
She was expected to give the feature address at the sod-turning ceremony for the Point Fortin Hospital but after falling ill checked in at the medical centre around 3 pm.
As she left around 6.40 pm, she reminded reporters she was a diabetic and was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados on May 21, 2012, with a complaint.
At the time she was scheduled to return to Port-of-Spain after a seven-day official trip to Belize, the United States and Barbados.
Persad-Bissessar, 65, was also hospitalised for two days at St Clair Medical Centre, Port-of-Spain, in October, 2011, and later revealed she was a diabetic and suffered with high blood pressure.
“I felt a bit unwell so I came in. What had happened is my blood sugar went very high so they gave me some medication and told me to get some rest. When you are diabetic it can happen from time to time.
“I don’t know if it is the workload or sometimes you forget to take your medication. I feel a little calmer, I feel good that is why I am going home.
“This happened to me once before. I was in Barbados and I checked in the hospital because the sugar level had gone so high. I felt it would be safer so I came here,” she said.
Like 2012, her sickness comes days before the People’s Partnership anniversary rally on Sunday but she assured that she would be present for the celebrations at Constantine Park, Macoya. She said she would follow doctors’ advice to rest and would be fine.
“I will definitely not miss Sunday for anything. I am looking forward to it. In fact, our mobilisation efforts have been excellent. There is like a surge of people wanting to come and it has reached a point in certain areas that they can’t find any maxi taxis. They are all booked up. I am looking forward to it.”