LOCAL nurses have never got the impression that Cuban medical workers have been exploited or even trafficked says TT National Nursing Association (TTNNA) president Idi Stuart.

"We cannot speak to what information the US government may have. We are not discrediting the information they may have, but from our standpoint, from what we witnessed having worked with Cuban doctors and nurses, forced labour is far from what we experienced.

"When we work alongside them, we work in a spirit of camaraderie, mutual respect, they are very loving of their country, they speak highly of their country, they attend social gatherings regularly, they interact with us.