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As usual, every year the Embassy of Cuba in St. Kitts and Nevis organizes a meeting   with the young people of this Federation who benefitted from the Scholarship program that the Cuban government grants as part of the cooperation agreements between Cuba and CARICOM member countries. On this occasion, four medical doctors who graduated in Cuba will soon begin a new period of studies on the island. They will study the medical specialties of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gastroenterology and Radiology, starting in February.

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.