Prime Minister
of Grenada grateful for training of nurses for the
Caribbean
Ventura de Jesús
JAGÜEY GRANDE.—Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of
Grenada, who is currently visiting our country at
the invitation of President Raúl Castro, praised
here the Cuban training program for Caribbean nurses.
Yesterday, March 2, the Grenadian leader visited
the Mario Raudilio Fleitas International Faculty in
the south of Matanzas province, where young people
from St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the
Grenadines, Jamaica and Grenada are studying. "We
are grateful to the teaching staff here and the
people of Cuba for this noble contribution,"
affirmed the prime minister after acknowledging the
island’s example in the field of health and the
importance of nursing in the strategic projection of
any country.
Dunia Salas Marín, dean of the college (with a
matriculation of 306 students), informed the
distinguished visitor of the organization, material
conditions and aims of the school, as well as the
human resources deployed to attain those aspirations.
"We want to train nurses with a wide general culture,
high performance and social commitment," she stated.
She said that 17 Grenadian students are studying
in the second semester of the second year of a
nursing course, with a 100% passing rate.
The Caribbean premier confirmed that his presence
in Cuba will propitiate the further strengthening of
relations between the two countries and consolidate
the friendship between the two peoples.
