Governor Mvurya Receives Cuban Doctors

Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya has earlier this morning officially received two Cuban doctors who will be working in the county for the next two years. The two specialists are among 100 Cuban medics contracted to work in Kenya in an exchange programme with their Kenyan counterparts under the Kenya-Cuba Health Cooperation framework.

In his statement after welcoming the medics to Kwale County, Governor Mvurya assured them of getting full support from the County Government during their term of service in Kwale.

“As a leadership, we will give you all the support needed and we expect to work with you very closely. So you are welcome to share ideas with our specialists here in Kwale,” Mvurya explained.

At the same time the Governor expressed confidence that Kwale County will benefit a lot from the two specialists from Cuba.

“Cuba has been very successful in community health, and therefore as a government we are looking forward to learning a lot from your experiences so that we can also improve our healthcare services here in Kwale,” He stated.

On her part Kwale Deputy Governor Fatuma Achani who was also present wished the two specialists from Cuba all the best as they serve the people of Kwale County.

“I am very happy that we have received two female specialists here in Kwale, and we are hoping that by the end of their two years service our health sector will have also grown as a county,” She stated.

The two are an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) specialist who will be based in Msambweni Referral Hospital, and a Family Doctor who will be serving in one of the public hospitals in the county.

They have also expressed their sincere gratitude for getting the opportunity to work in Kenya and especially in Kwale County.

“We are very grateful and happy to stay here in Kwale and we are going to work hard and cooperate with the Kenyan specialists to improve the health services and we are going to exchange knowledge in the next two years of our stay,” said Dr. Aderana Ramirez.  

Their arrival comes at a time when the County Government of Kwale is adopting a Universal Healthcare system.