157 Cuban doctors return to work in Jamaica
Health Minister Christopher Tufton said the group joins 43 who remained in the country.
Jamaica received 157 Cuban doctors under individual contracts after the bilateral agreement ended in March 2026. Health Minister Christopher Tufton said that, together with the 43 who remained in the country, the total now stands at 200.
The current figure approaches the 278 Cuban professionals who were working in Jamaica when the agreement ended. The reported distribution is 69 in the southeast, 28 in the west, 25 at the University Hospital of the West Indies, 26 in the south, and nine across the northeast and the Ministry of Health.
Julio César Alfonso, president of Solidarity Without Borders, welcomed the news but questioned the contracts' independence and suggested Havana could retain control over the mission and its revenue.
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