Dr. Gonsalves, driver taking a rest in Cuba

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and his driver Sergeant Zaccheus Parris are now in the Republic of Cuba recuperating from injuries they sustained in a motor vehicular accident at Peruvian Vale last Monday April 9, 2007.{{more}}

The two men left St. Vincent and the Grenadines last Friday April 13, accompanied by Minister of Health and the Environment Dr. Douglas Slater and the Prime Minister’s Personal Security Sergeant Christopher Benjamin.

Searchlight has learned that The Prime Minister has been seen by doctors at the CIMEQ state of the art medical facility, and is resting, exercising and on a strict diet under the careful supervision of Dr. Slater at a location just outside Havana.

The Prime Minister however spent Wednesday visiting with the Vincentian nursing students in Matanzas, Cuba.

Sergeant Parris has been seen by specialists and is resting pending continuing studies into his condition at the same CIMEQ medical facility, reportedly Cuba’s best.

While in Cuba, Dr. Slater will spend a few days dealing with several matters including the Diagnostic Centre for Georgetown.

Prime Minister Gonsalves wishes to thank the nurses, doctors and other medical practitioners at the MCMH for the “very good job” they performed in helping with his recovery as well as that of Sergeant Parris.