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The Cabinet agrees to invest $75 million USD in two years to The UWI Five Island Campus in order to make it a world-class campus, serving the OECS.<\/p>

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The Cabinet also agreed to invest significant sums in healthcare.<\/p>\n

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Over the weekend another successful kidney transplant operation took place at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre.<\/p>

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The former Edward Ward at the old Holberton Hospital will be transformed into a Renal Unit for dialysis and renal transplants.<\/p>

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The current renal unit at SLBMC will be transformed to a dedicated Cardiac Unit.<\/p>\n

The Cabinet concluded that no other government has spent nearly as much on education, health care and infrastructure as this government, in any eight-year period.<\/p>

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The Cabinet agrees to invest $75 million USD in two years to The UWI Five Island Campus in order to make it a world-class campus, serving the OECS. The Cabinet also agreed to invest significant sums in healthcare. Over the weekend another successful kidney transplant operation took place at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre. 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