A $3.6m (US$1.8m) endowment is to help University of the West Indies medical students struggling to meet tuition costs, officials announced Monday.

Led by the revived Barbados chapter of the University of the West Indies Medical Alumni Association (UWIMAA) and its central executive committee, the assistance includes scholarships for those unable to finance the full programme at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cave Hill, and other regional campuses.

Chapter president =Professor Peter Adams told Barbados TODAY: “The Central Executive has actually raised an endowment of approximately US$1.8m. So, this endowment is good because it has invested, at the moment, 50 per cent of the profits go back to help medical students at all the sites of the University of the West Indies; and therefore, it will grow over time with more money put in. So, it’s quite significant, and it’s not going to run out,”