Reports are that some 5,156 Grenadians were beneficiaries of free medical service, by the U.S. Navy hospital ship “USNS Comfort”
The hospital ship, on a mission throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, has been in Grenada over seven days, giving medical care to inhabitants.
The total figures reaching our news desk indicates a successful visit to our shores.
Based on statistical records, the number of persons relative to Family Medicine was two thousand three hundred and sixty six (2366), for Optometry one thousand nine hundred and twenty five (1925), Dentistry seven hundred and ninety six (796) and surgery ninety six (96).
Minister for Health, Nikolas Steele, applauds the efforts of the medical personnel aboard the US Naval Hospital Ship.
The Ship is now in St. Lucia on the next leg of its Caribbean tour.
