St Kitts and Nevis: PM Terrance Drew announced that St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party administration will build smart hospital technology to provide efficient healthcare delivery to the citizens. He stated that Labour Party understand the vision that in the modern day, they have to improve the health sector.
PM Dr Terrance Drew addressed the 91st anniversary annual National Conference of St Kitt and Nevis Labour Party and stated,” We need that type of Technology; we need investments in health care to deliver to you. That is why we are going to start renal transplants for you to people of St Kitts and Nevis. That is why we are going to study the Hearts program and deliver to you better Cardiac Care because these are the things that are killing us, such as High blood pressure, diabetes, cancers, heart disease Strokes.”
He further extended gratitude to the Republic of China for delivering a number of specialists to the country. He said when he visited there and spoke as they sent machines to help them with that, they have taken their students and educated them. They’ve cooperated with them significantly in health care by sending their professionals.
PM Drew also announced the building of the brand new hospital and stated that the administration would give a new hospital to the people of St Kitts and Nevis, which will cost about 60 million US dollars. He said,” We understand what we are doing. The vision is clear. We are laying the foundation. And so I ask for your patience, I ask for your support, comrades, to establish a strong foundation.”
He further declared that the government is all set to build a best high school of 21 million dollars. He said,” We are heading with Universal Health Care, and that is why our guest speaker spoke about our presence on the world scene. We have to establish ourselves to be respected to be able to bring to our people. What we need for our development, that is why we will partner with others.”
PM Terrance Drew also lauded the St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party for its contribution in the upliftment of the destination. He said that they are in the service of the people, elected by the people, of the people because they have stuck to their principles.
We are 91 years old and going strong. The foundation on which our party is built is irrevocable. It’s built on the principle for the good that we can do the good that we can do not for ourselves but for our people and our nation. We have a regional responsibility. We have an international responsibility.”
He said that the party has always followed the principle of social justice, freedom of people, and development and worked for the strengthening of the educational system, universal health care system and socio-economic aspects. Speaking on the climate issues, PM Drew stated that they are contributing less attention to the climate devastation as the temperature is expected to rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius, which means stronger hurricanes.
Prime Minister Drew asserted,” Climate Justice is a new struggle for our people. And that is why we are determined to establish a sustainable Island state so that it gives us the best chance to continue to exist on this Earth. and on this land that we have inherited.”
Outlining his accomplishments, PM Terrance Drew stated that St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party administration introduced the five per cent interest student loan. However, if their parents can’t afford it, they don’t have to pay any interest and when they come back, that fifteen thousand dollars that would have been accumulated is a credit for them. It’s totally wiped off, but it was not enough. They went further, and reduced existing student loans from nine per cent to 5 percent. So it means, therefore, that those who are paying 9%, come the first of June, will be paying 5 per cent and saving hundreds of dollars that they can use in another developmental activity.
Talking about the housing revolution, PM Drew stated that they will build houses here in St Kitts and Nevis and added,” I am determined. The cabinet is determined. The ministers of Labour are determined that we must sit down in the tripartite committee, which would include the union ourselves and those in the business community so that we can negotiate and reach a rate that will be fair to those who need an increase in the minimum wage and all that we have done in less than a year.”
He also lauded every member of the St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and delegations that arrived from the Republic of China.
Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew also recognized the roles of the mothers in strengthening the country and stated that St Kitts and Nevis Labour Day is driven by the strength of the women. He said that they must never ever forget the women who always have been on the front lines during crises.
