 A health mission from the Martinique Health University visited Saint Lucia for three days in November. The formal visit allowed for full-time introductions since the installation of Saint Lucia's new government as well as to meet the new team of the Health Ministry. Minister for Health, Wellness and Early Affairs expressed gratitude for collaborations past and those to come as they worked towards repairing a new program of medical cooperation between the two nations. This cooperation is very special to us. We know that there are several challenges, especially in relation to the cooperation in health. There are several challenges and there have been stops and stops and stops and difficulties along the way and I want to tell you that our Prime Minister is very interested in resetting this relationship. The Health Minister says cooperation between the two health sectors will also include training for health sector workers. We want to recommend this training program where nurses from Saint Jude Hospital would attend the hospital in Martinique for training, but we want to ensure that our people, especially those people who require emergency medical care, we want to ensure that we have seamless operations between Saint Lucia and Martinique. Minister of Cooperation of the Martinique University Hospital, Christiane Bourgeois, says relations extend much further than hospital services. We cooperate of course by managing patients. We welcome patients on transfer from Saint Lucia to our facilities, but we also cooperate about research in order to set common protocols, also to define policies, prevention policies, for example for non-communicable diseases. Bourgeois says their hopes are that ties within the sector can become even stronger, possibly setting up an international health pathway between the two islands to allow easier data sharing and transportation, among other things. What we like is that the cooperation becomes the first way to take care of the same population because population goes back and forth. It's easier for a patient to take the boat and to go to Martinique than to be really sure that we are properly caring the patient. So my expectation is that we can increase connectivity between the two islands. The delegations also visited the OECS and the new French ambassador to Saint Lucia. For the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, I'm Sant Justin.