Some 50 Cuban nurses will return to Jamaica's public health system under individual employment contracts under a new arrangement adopted after Kingston. File Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA
July 6 (UPI) -- Jamaica's health minister said some 50 Cuban nurses will return to the country's public health system with individual employment contracts under a new arrangement adopted after Kingston ended its bilateral medical cooperation agreement with Havana.
Jamaica's public health system faced staffing shortages after Cuban medical personnel, including nurses, left the country after the bilateral program ended.
In March, Cuba withdrew a medical brigade of 277 health care professionals from Jamaica, although about 40 nurses remained after accepting direct contracts with the Jamaican government.
Another group of 50 Cuban nurses is expected to return in the coming days after the government offered them the opportunity to continue working in Jamaica under the new employment model.
