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200 Cubans back in public health system

THE Government has re-engaged 157 Cuban medical professionals months after the collapse of a long-standing bilateral health-care arrangement with Cuba, bringing the number of health-care workers from the neighbouring Caribbean island now serving here to 200. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton made the disclosure at Wednesday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, saying the latest arrivals had been appropriately deployed across the public health system. “The renegotiated agreement with our Cuban health-care workers…

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