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RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day an­nounced that Guyana is un­der­tak­ing ma­jor hos­pi­tal con­struc­tion and that “very soon, Trinidad and To­ba­go will be able to pro­vide job op­por­tu­ni­ties for our med­ical prac­ti­tion­ers in Guyana.”

It’s a de­vel­op­ment she said will strength­en re­gion­al co­op­er­a­tion while ex­pand­ing em­ploy­ment for lo­cal spe­cial­ists. The Prime Min­is­ter made the state­ment as she de­liv­ered the fea­ture ad­dress at the “Gift of Life” Christ­mas Treat and the of­fi­cial reded­i­ca­tion of the Cou­va Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal, where 48 young ben­e­fi­cia­ries of the Chil­dren’s Life Fund wel­comed her with Christ­mas car­ols and hand­made gifts.