TRINIDAD EXPRESS – Words of hope and prayers continued to pour in for Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Prof Rex Nettleford ..

Professor Rex Nettleford

He remains in critical condition at a United States hospital.

Nettleford, 76, was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Washington DC hospital after collapsing at a hotel Wednesday evening.

He is yet to regain consciousness after suffering what was said to be a massive heart attack.

Social networks Twitter and Facebook continued being the hub for messages with people residing from as far as England wishing Nettleford a speedy recovery.

A statement from the University of the West Indies said Nettleford, who is co-founder of the Jamaica National Dance Theatre Company, was in Washington DC to attend a fund-raising gala for the university.