Trump doctors check Taormina facilities

(ANSA) - Taormina, April 13 - A medical delegation from the White House visited Taormina Thursday to look at the facilities to "cope with possible emergencies" at the G7 next month. The group was led by Dr Benjamin Barlow, President Donald Trump's traumatologist, who carried out a recce of San Vincenzo Hospital accompanied by the head of the Messina provincial health agency, Gaetano Sirna. Barlow checked out the ER, the operating theatres, the haemo-dynamic ward, and the facilities for radiology, CAT scans and MRI scans. His final assessment was satisfactory, and the San Vincenzo passed the test. Barlow said "the hospital is very nice" and functional.