The Cuban Ambassador to Saint Lucia His Excellency Bernardo Toscano Sardinas recently paid a courtesy call on the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar-George.
The visit provided an opportunity to review and discuss ways to enhance the cooperation between Cuba and Saint Lucia in the area of health.
His Excellency Bernardo Toscano Sardinas spoke on the need to continue strengthening the bilateral ties between the two countries.
“We have here the Cuban medical brigade who works in all the areas in the island. We have a number of doctors, nurses and other professionals, health workers that they are working together with the doctors and nurses here in Saint Lucia and for us it is very important to have that possibility to to improve and to strengthen this collaboration with the healthcare programs.”
Dr. Sharon Belmar-George says this visit is timely and expressed gratitude to the Cuban government for their continued support and contribution towards the health of the nation.
“As we are aware the Cuban and the Cuban system has been an integral part of our healthcare system in terms of support for training health professionals and also providing us with speciality care in various aspects of healthcare and not just for physicians but nurses, pharmacists, etc within the system. So, we were able to discuss how strengthen that collaboration and moving forward and also looking for new ways that we can learn and get support from the Cuban system.”
Dr. Belmar-George says the courtesy visit also provided them with the avenue to engage in discussions on new developments in Cuba relating to healthcare such as the vaccines.
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