Tobago to get 11 Cuban doctors

No Cuban doctors have yet been assigned to Tobago despite deployment to several health facilities throughout Trinidad. However, Secretary for Health and Social Services in the Tobago House of Assembly, Cynthia Alfred, said that within “a month’s time,” Tobago should get the 11 doctors that were requested to fill the various vacant positions. Speaking at the weekly post-Executive media conference on Thursday, Alfred disclosed that after learning about the doctors’ redeployment in Trinidad, she had spoken to the Minister of Health who explained that they (the Ministry) had received only 30 of the 40 doctors it had requested. He gave the assurance, though, that “Tobago will get ours.” Alfred disclosed, too, that apart from the Cubans, they were expecting a number of doctors from the UN who, she noted, along with those already being recruited in Tobago, will make a significant difference to the health sector in Tobago.