The Bahamas looks to Cuba to fill medical staff shortage
The Bahamas and Cuba have signed an agreement to recruit nurses from the communist island to fill the Bahamian health system vacancies.
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville and Minister of Public Health Dr Jose Angel Portal Miranda signed a cooperation agreement for an emergency response to COVID-19 in Havana, Cuba, on Saturday.
Cuba said a brigade from the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Specialised Doctors in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics, composed mainly of nursing personnel, will work in the Bahamas.
Since the pandemic, Cuba has sent medics from the Henry Reeve International Contingent to over 30 countries and territories across the Caribbean, Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
Last week, the Bahamian Government said it was recruiting 50 nurses from Cuba to work at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau to help treat COVID-19 patients.
Over 60 Bahamian medical staff are currently infected with COVID-19 or under quarantine.
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