More Than 50 Cuban Nurses Expected to Return to Jamaica

CUBA – More than 50 Cuban nurses are expected to return to Jamaica’s public health system as the sector continues to face staffing pressures caused by nurse migration, retirements, increased demand for care, and recruitment challenges.

The nurses are expected to support hospitals and health facilities where shortages have affected the delivery of timely and consistent patient care.

This comes months after Jamaica’s decades-old medical cooperation arrangement with Cuba ended in March.

Government officials said the program had to be reviewed to ensure compliance with Jamaican labor laws and international obligations, with concerns centering on salary payment arrangements and the handling of travel documents for Cuban medical personnel.