Sierra Leone: President Koroma Welcomes Cuban Medics

Sierra Leone: President Koroma Welcomes Cuban Medics
9 October 2014

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 8th October received the Cuban delegation of One Hundred and Sixty-Five medical (165) staff including doctors and nurses at State House. The delegation was led by the Cuban Ambassador to Sierra Leone resident in Accra, Ghana, Mr. Jorge F. Lefebre Nicolas.

The delegation comprises Sixty-Three (63) doctors and One Hundred and Two (102) nurses and professionals.

President Koroma expressed his delight and satisfaction about the intervention of the Cubans as they have come at a time when the country was in a great need and furthered that such an intervention has demonstrated that indeed Cuba is a friend of Sierra Leone.

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The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mrs. Ebun Strasser King said that the One Hundred and Sixty-Five (165) Cuban doctors and nurses have come to complement government's efforts in containing the outbreak.

She stated that the two countries had been in diplomatic relations since the 1970s and that Cuba has been giving aid to Sierra Leone particularly in the area of medical aid and training.

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