Kingston, Jamaica, 11 May 2021. Yesterday morning, 32 health professionals arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston to join the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica.
This group is part of the periodic renewal of medical personnel serving in Jamaica under a bilateral Agreement for Technical Cooperation. This time, 12 Cuban doctors and nurses returned to the Greatest Island in the Antilles, expressing their satisfaction at having fulfilled their honourable mission in the sister Caribbean island.
The group that arrived this Monday, made up of 25 nurses, 6 doctors and 1 radiotherapist, will support the Jamaican health system, in a context marked by the confrontation with the Covid19 pandemic.
In the first quarter of this year alone, the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica contributed to saving 1,773 lives and conducted 128,117 medical consultations, 157,058 nursing procedures, and 1,012 surgeries, which has resulted in this group earning the gratitude and recognition of the Jamaican government and people.