{"id":58986,"date":"2012-03-26T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T17:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=58986"},"modified":"2012-03-26T19:32:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T23:32:43","slug":"pm-says-govt-assisted-shernel-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/pm-says-govt-assisted-shernel-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"PM says gov&#8217;t assisted Shernel Prince"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_58415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58415\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shernel-prince.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58415\" title=\"shernel prince\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shernel-prince.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shernel-prince.jpg 234w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shernel-prince-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/shernel-prince-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prince<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dominica government says it needs to set the record straight, following suggestions that it failed to assist a Dominican woman who was awaiting urgent surgery in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n<p>A local radio station, Q95 recently raised EC$48,000 for cancer patient Shernel Prince \u2013her father Mathew Prince had earlier been granted a loan of EC$50,000 by a corporate citizen, to help pay the bill for the EC$80,000 operation in Port of Spain.<\/p>\n<p>DNO reported at the time that Prince expressed disappointment that the Dominica Government had failed to provide at least some of the financial assistance required for the Trinidad surgery.<\/p>\n<p>He had apparently acknowledged on the Q95 fundraiser, that the authorities had provided initial help for Shernel\u2019s medical visit to Trinidad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very disappointed that after speaking to the authorities in Dominica they have abandoned me, refused to take my call and left me and my daughter stranded\u201d the Wesley man was reported as saying at the time.<\/p>\n<p>However Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit told reporters on Monday, that the government had provided funds for an initial operation for Ms Prince.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the young lady went the first time, the government contributed TT$185,000 (EC$82,154.61) for the young girl\u2019s medical situation,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prime minister, the family\u2019s decision to do a second procedure failed to meet with stipulated regulations governing how funds are disbursed for medical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us to provide you with assistance to go out of Dominica for medical services, you must get a referral from a consultant doctor resident in Dominica. Because I am not a doctor, I cannot take tax payers money and send you because you say you want to go,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n<p>He said also that a formal request for that second level of help was not made.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister says the young woman\u2019s family took her to Trinidad the second time without the government\u2019s knowledge, and then tried contacting his administration while in Trinidad \u201cfor I believe about TT$200,000\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said suggestions that the government was called several times and failed to respond gives the wrong impression about what actually happened.<\/p>\n<p>However sources close to the family say there was no second trip, that the ailing young woman while in Trinidad found out she needed the major operation costing $80,000 and tried to get additional help from the Skerrit administration but was ignored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dominica government says it needs to set the record straight, following suggestions that it failed to assist a Dominican woman who was awaiting urgent surgery in Trinidad and Tobago. 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