Towards the realisation of strengthening human resource capacity in public health care facilities across the Province, today the Northern Cape Department of Health bids farewell to 10 successful candidates recruited to study Medicine in Cuba through the Mandela-Castro Medical Collaboration Programme.
This year’s intake of medical students is in-line with the commitment made by Health MEC, Maruping Lekwene during the 2023/2024 Departmental Budget Speech.
This collaboration is based on the 1996 bilateral agreement signed between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Cuba. Since the inception of this programme in 2000 up to date , it has produced 149 doctors for Northern Cape. They are spread across the five municipal districts to alleviate the shortage of medical personnel in order to improve health care service delivery.