Grenada to Build New Teaching Hospital

By: - June 3rd, 2014

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Grenada will be building a new teaching hospital in partnership with St George’s University, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell.

In a statement, the government said it had secured backing for the project from overseas partners including China.

“We are ready to go, Sisters and Brothers,” Mitchell told a town hall meeting in New York this weekend. “The benefits are going to be enormous.”

Mitchell said the project would accomplish two main goals: it would be a “first-class” medical facility and also help propel Grenada as a “serious place of health tourism.”

Mitchell is currently leading a delegation abroad that includes stops in New York, Montreal and Toronto.

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