Barbadian Prime Minister, David Thompson.
Barbadian Prime Minister, David Thompson, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Mr. Thompson, who is now hospitalised, in New York, gave the go-ahead for his physician, Dr. Richard Ishmael, to inform the nation of his condition.
“After consultations with three world renowned pancreatic surgeons, it was decided that the best course of action was for him to undergo intense chemotherapy to try to shrink the tumor first to enable its safe removal,” Dr. Ishmael said.
“So far he has had four rounds of chemotherapy followed by a repeat abdominal CT scans which has shown a moderate shrinkage of the tumor with no new spread.
We were at that point, when he returned to Barbados at the end of August with the intention of returning to New York in three weeks for another round of chemotherapy followed by a repeat CT scan and then surgery if feasible,”
“However last week Sunday, having been quite well for the entire week performing his duties as Prime Minister, he developed abdominal pain and vomiting,”
“An urgent CT scan of the abdomen revealed that he developed a thrombus or polyp in the veins surrounding and traversing the pancreas,” he said.
[Source: BBC Caribbean Service]
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