NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (NOVEMBER 02, 2015) — A four-member delegation, from the Cuban Embassy in St. Kitts and Nevis, visited Nevis on October 30, 2015, to discuss with the Ministry of Health personnel ways in which the health sector could benefit from the long-standing relationship between St. Kitts and Nevis and find ways in which Cuba could provide greater professional assistance to the island.

The delegation was headed by wife of the Ambassador and First Secretary in the Embassy of Cuba in the Federation Teresa Toranzo Castillo. She was accompanied by Officer in the Ministry of Health in Cuba in charge of Cuban doctors and nurses Michele Santana Iglesias, Head of the local Cuban Brigade Yail Pérez and Secretary/Translator at the Embassy of Cuba in St. Kitts and Nevis Winston Hanley.

While on Nevis, the team paid a courtesy call on the Premier’s Ministry at Bath Hotel and met with Permanent Secretary in the Premier’s Ministry Wakely Daniel and Assistant Secretaries in the Premier’s Ministry Kevin Barrett and Angela Scarborough. (more…)