UWI, 75 years of service to the region – Some reflections
On January 7, 1948, seventy five years ago the University College of the West Indies admitted 33 medical students to its single campus, housed on the grounds of what used to be the Papine and Mona sugar estates. It was then a college of the University of London. Medicine was given priority because of the regional health situation with rampant high infant mortality rates, chronic sickness and inadequate training of …
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