Jaguey Grande, March 3rd, 2010: Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada, who is currently visiting Cuba at the invitation of President Raúl Castro, praised the Cuban training programme for Caribbean nurses.

On Tuesday, 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 Prime Minister Thomas of the organisation, 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.