As part of the ongoing cooperation between the government of Cuba and the member states of CARICOM, in particular as regards the health program and the granting of free undergraduate and postgraduate fellowships, the Barbadian doctor Erika Dionne Jordan chose to do her specialty In General Surgery free of charge, a benefit that Cuba guarantees free of charge exclusively for the professionals of the sister nations of the Caribbean. Due to the impossibility of certifying her studies or obtaining employment in the public health system of her country, Dr. Erika had to reside in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where the government granted her a five-year employment contract. The Embassy of Cuba in Barbados facilitated the whole process so that she could join the University of Santiago de Cuba from next September, and offered her a modest but warm farewell, wishing her success in her studies.