Nettleford remains unconscious
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VICE-CHANCELLOR emeritus at the University of the West Indies Prof Rex Nettleford remains unconscious in the intensive care unit of a Washington, USA, hospital after suffering a massive heart attack. According to UWI’s public relations department, the condition of the 76-year-old had not improved after he fell ill on Wednesday night in his hotel room. He is in the US to participate in a fund-raising gala for the university. Jamaica’s ambassador to Washington Anthony Johnson told the Jamaica Gleaner/ Power 106 News that Prof Nettleford was still unconscious when he visited him at noon on Friday. Johnson said doctors told him Nettleford suffered a heart attack. Nettleford, a Jamaican academic and founder of the National Dance Theatre Company, is the vice-chancellor Emeritus of UWI, having previously served as the vice-chancellor of the institution’s Mona Campus in Jamaica from 1996 to 2004. He is widely recognised as one of the Caribbean’s leading intellectuals and was bestowed with the Order of the Caribbean Community in 2008. He was also the recipient of Jamaica’s third highest honour, the Order of Merit, and is a cultural adviser to Prime Minister Bruce Golding. He is the author of several publications and has written extensively on Caribbean folklore and politics.(Trinidad Express) -Denyse Renne |