St Vincent Prime Minister saddened by assault on Cuban physician
St Vincent’s Prime Minister and Nationwide Safety Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has expressed concern in regards to the assault on a Cuban physician in Kingstown, now warded within the intensive care on the nation’s most important hospital.
Police in St Vincent and the Grenadines are but to touch upon the assault which occurred on Friday night time as physician Alfredo Batista Salgado was on his approach residence, however stories are that he acquired a lower throughout his stomach exposing his intestines.
In accordance with iWitness Information, Salgado, who informed police that he was attacked whereas on his approach residence after the calypso semi-finals, was discovered bleeding, exterior the jail by guards.
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Salgado, 53, is the district medical officer for the Marriaqua well being district.
Talking on native radio on Sunday, Prime Minister Gonsalves, who can be the Nationwide Safety Minister stated he feels horrible in regards to the assault on the Cuban Medical Brigade member.
“I really feel so horrible about this incident which occurred the place somebody inflicted this very extreme wound on a Cuban physician,” Gonsalves stated, including that he’s being stored up to date by the police on investigations and by Well being Minister Jimmy Prince in addition to Everlasting Secretary within the Ministry of Well being Cuthbert Knights.
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“It’s of nice concern and the Cuban ambassador has been in contact with us and we have now been in contact with him,” Gonsalves stated.
The Vincentian chief stated he’s hopeful that Dr Salgado recovers from his accidents including that “the Cuban folks and the Cuban authorities know that we admire very a lot the work that they’re doing and the folks of St Vincent and the Grenadines present great kindness to the Cuban professionals who’re right here.”
Gonsalves spoke of the superb relationship between the Cuban medical professionals and the folks and the opposite well being employees within the Georgetown space, the place lots of the Cubans are primarily based.
The prime minister famous that the assault on the physician comes days after the announcement by Havana that it’ll grant 21 scholarships to Vincentians this 12 months, a rise over final 12 months’s determine.
He stated he was shocked on the improve.
“Regardless of all their challenges beneath this depraved, unlawful embargo that the American authorities has on Cuba. It’s merciless they usually have been serving to us very a lot and we have now to thank them,” Gonsalves stated.
He stated the scholarships are primarily within the medical subject, together with seven first levels in drugs, seven levels in nursing, 4 for postgraduate research in numerous specialities in drugs and one in engineering.