UPDATE (with photo): Member of Cuban Medical Brigade in Dominica, dies

Yoet Michel Ramos Cordero. Photo courtesy of Cuban Medical Brigade

Health Minister, Dr. Irving McIntyre, has confirmed the death of a member of the “Henry Reeve” Cuban Medical Brigade which arrived in Dominica on March 29, 2020, to help in the fight against the COVID-19 disease.

Dr. McIntyre announced on Wednesday evening at a COVID-19 press briefing, that the 42-year-old male collapsed and died on Tuesday night.

Dr. McIntyre did not indicate the cause of death.

Dominica News Online (DNO) has learned that the deceased’s name is Yoet Michel Ramos Cordero.

The “Henry Reeve” Medical Brigade arrived in Dominica on March 29. Its 35 members are working in the two hospitals on the island that provide care for COVID – 19 patients: Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) in the country’s capital and the Hospital in Portsmouth, the second-largest city.

They also had a presence in the quarantine centres created for suspected cases and will participate in the community survey phase that will begin shortly.

The “Henry Reeve” Medical Brigade is the latest addition to a group of 87 health professionals including medical specialists, nurses, and technologists who are assisting Dominica’s health personnel, in the battle against the coronavirus.

This photo of Cordero was taken while on the job at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital. Photo by Cecil Clarke

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58 Comments

  1. Viewsexpressed
    May 10, 2020

    Elizabeth, too much beff, Beth from you. If you are unable to comprehend in the bigger picture and unaware of the ongoing years of brutality, imprisonment in Cuba and the rest of this brutal communist regime all over the world then relax and go have some pepermint tea.
    Communism dictatorial systems incorporated with imprisonment and savage punishment will not be condone.
    Our democracy is good, it is the literate leaders in Grenada, Dominica Haiti that anusey the system and fleece their states resources, travel nicely and frequently to USA where they have their homes and assets while our people and villages suffer in poverty and deprived of good healthy living.
    Too hell with Skerrit, Papa Doc and Baby Doc and the so called Presidents and Prime Ministers who has fleeced our economy and then they run to USA with our money.
    We need decency and trusted people to run and manage decently with our states resources.
    Skerrit and his failed,incompetent, corrupted Labour government must…

  2. Me
    May 9, 2020

    The parrot in the Dominican flag on his t-shirt is facing the wrong way. Poor job, bad omen.

    • Gary
      May 11, 2020

      Is this what you use your mind to do.Why such silly observation, this can only be the work of a person with a shallow mind. Do you know what empathy means.

  3. Not Pushing Daises
    May 8, 2020

    My deepest condolences go out to the family of this brave and selfless young man who made the ultimate sacrifice in a foreign land to lend his two YAH given hands in the fight against a relentless and devastating virus that knows no boundary.

    Please be reminded that the coronavirus is not a respector of person with its virulent assault encroaching close to many of us in one way or another.

    Heck, a lot of us will never know if we or a loved one have been infected at some time or another, and were just blessed by the grace of the Most High not to experience full blown symptoms or worse.

    Be safe all, give thanks and continue to pray for those on the front lines.

  4. CB BOSS
    May 8, 2020

    My Condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Ramos-Cordero. My his soul rest in peace.

    I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude to the Cuban Medical Team and by extension the Cuban People. Your continued commitment to assisting Dominica is highly appreciated and has not gone unnoticed.

    A billion thanks.

  5. Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
    May 7, 2020

    I (doh want to talk eh), cause anything I say it will be construed as a negative comment; and so I must first make it clear that I do not find pleasure in the death of anyone.

    Nevertheless, I find it strange that he came from Cuba to help “fight” COVID-19.

    If in fact I read where Roosevelt said there were only fifteen (15) infected persons on the island, and more than half the infected or approximately 7.5, or eight people already recovered, how come enforcement are imported from Cuba to fight virus in Dominica?

    That means half of Dominica might be infected!

    To the misguided who claim he left his country and came to Dominica to fight corona virus; be informed no Cuban doctor or any medical professional can leave  Cuba, and travel to any place on the planet including Dominica to serve any purpose unless the Communists Cuban dictator ordained it to be so.

    The same applies to the Chines in Dominica and around the world!

    • Look it.
      May 7, 2020

      Your health is your responsibility, yet they invade your privacy. Come to your home with no signs or sympstoms ,take you under their care, proven negative. What becomes of the machine which they used. The doctors and nurses should be used for negledence.People dying right under your nose

    • May 7, 2020

      “be informed no Cuban doctor or any medical professional can leave Cuba, and travel to any place on the planet including Dominica to serve any purpose unless the Communists Cuban dictator ordained it to be so.” Telemaque

      Man, you really need to see a large team of psychiatrists. How can you so boldly write that statement above after reading the headline and the contents of the news article, or did you read it? Here it is again: “Member of Cuban Medical Brigade in Dominica, dies” If anyone needs information, it is you; you are getting worse as you get older

      As a senior commentator here, you should be contributing something positive, for those behind you to learn from, but all you are doing is inputting darkness in the people’s mind; you don’t even have the right information about Corvid-19 in Dominica.

      It is not too late for you to start reading to understand the contents of the message and stop making that great fool of yourself.

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        May 8, 2020

        Be quiet Elizabeth; you keep trying to banter me: I told you before the things I have in my head, such as academic educational information, and what I have long forgotten you never heard of, or ever learn.

        You never attended secondary school, never mind college or university, so how are you going to compete with a man who have a wealth of academic information in his head?

        Most of the comments I write you do not even understand: Don’t take this as an insult but let me show you how ignorant you are.

        “you don’t even have right information on COVID19 in Dominica.

        Who have Elizabeth?

        Note: COVID-19 is an RNA virus it’s a virus that has RNA as its genetic material. This nucleic acid is usually single-stranded RNA but may be double-stranded RNA. Notable human diseases caused by RNA viruses include the common cold, influenza, SARS, COVID-19, hepatitis C, hepatitis E, West Nile fever, Ebola virus disease, rabies, polio and measles.

        Where did I learn that?

        • Talu
          May 9, 2020

          Most of the material Francisco Telemaque post on DNO he copies and paste, he copies from the internet and post in the comment section without giving credit to the source (Plagiarism) have a look at the last paragraph of his comment and compare it to the last paragraph below i found on Wikipedia, he blatantly lifted it word for word from WIKIPEDIA and has the audacity to ask Elizabeth “Where did he learn that? Telemaque you did not learn anything you plagiarized it.This broke millionaire Francisco Telemaque is the classic example of a pathetic psychopath.

          RNA virus
          From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          An RNA virus is a virus that has RNA (ribonucleic acid) as its genetic material.[1] This nucleic acid is usually single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) but may be double-stranded RNA (dsRNA).[2] Notable human diseases caused by RNA viruses include the common cold, influenza, SARS, COVID-19, hepatitis C, hepatitis E, West Nile fever, Ebola virus disease, rabies, polio and measles.

          • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
            May 10, 2020

            Who prevents you from doing the same; I am not a  disease specialists, I am not a medical researcher; but if you were not an ….., you would know that there is always a source for such information.

            I subscribe to more than one medical journal, been doing that even as a first year medical student.

            I went to medical school prior and dropping out; have you?

            You do not have anything to tell me because what I do; I do it with confidence; that is why I write under my born given name.

            What’s your name?

            You have none; you are a nobody!

            From America, to Dominica, to Canada, England; people recognized me, they E-mail me or call me; “is that you we met at such and such a place?”)

            Mind your business you are nothing more than human feces; did you know about RNA prior to me mentioning it.

            if that’s the case quote me other diseases in that same category; let me prove your smarts.

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          • May 10, 2020

            Talu, Telemaque does that all the time; he has been doing this for a long, long time, as he claims to have medical background–say what!

            It must be that he doesn’t know the meaning of plagiarizing. That man is such an intensive liar, especially the things he writes about himself.

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      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        May 8, 2020

        And by the way  Elizabeth, I doubt anybody have any rank such as senior, and junior contributor on DNO eh!
        Hahahahahahahahahah!

        I simply like to go on DNO to see what is happening in our country, as far as I am concern their reporting are without biases; that I appreciate, and so I’m glad for the opportunity  afforded me to express my opinions.

        On the other hand it helps my brain to oscillate and remain active:

        Now since you are so smart and know more than me about medicine, and infectious diseases caused by viruses.

        Can you educated me a bit by writing a brief on the rhinovrius and detail the picornaviruses.

        This is a test of your knowledge teacher Elizabeth!

        As far as I am concern some people where it pertains to Dominicans cannot learn anything from neither a senior or junior contributor anyway.

        As you know all of us are expert in everything even those of us who’s teacher is a smart phone. 

        • May 10, 2020

          Telemaque your level of lying is sickening!

          You know that I worked as a teacher in Dominica because I needed to explain something else, not because I wanted to brag the way you do.

          Canada does not accept the qualifications of outsiders; we need their own qualifications for most employment

          Back then, we needed 28 credits to enter college. They gave me 14 for being a teacher so I needed to get the other 14 from their secondary school.

          That school was named Bathurst Heights Secondary School; I spent 2 years there to get the 14 credits for “Office Procedures”. My marks were nothing less than B+ to A+.

          From there, I attended Seneca College, one of the highest colleges in Canada to get my degree in Office Procedures–I worked for 30 years doing that kind of job.

          This is none of your business, but I am fed up with you speaking to the world about me with your lies and disrespect-you know nothing about me!

          • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
            May 10, 2020

            Elizabeth, how could you have attended Secondary School when by age twelve or thirteen years old you said you were teaching School in your village?

            When I attended school in Dominica they did not use letters ” A; B, C, and D to grade people, they sue numbers and the word seen.” don’ t forget I went to elementary school in Dominica, perhaps just about the same time you attended.

            I don’t know if they use the letters to grade at UWI, because I’ve never been there, in America they use the A, B C system.

            Grade A represents a 100%; B represents between 80% & 90% C, =70% they will not kick you out; grade C, means you barley scrape through the class that keeps you in the class.

            When your GPA is a D that means you fail the class completely.

            When you get into into upper level math, in a test it could take two hours to resolve two problems, resolving them earns only 20 points

            Bee Back:

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          • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
            May 10, 2020

            I don’t want to argue with eh, but in your day, college was not something you could think about, very few Dominicans went to college in the colonial system; your complexion had to be very light to attend Secondary School or even work in a bank.

            Barclay’s Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada, brought white tellers from England and Canada respectively to work in their bank.

            One of the first Dominican to attend the UWI was Simon Richards out of  Wesley, he became Dominica’s first Ambassador out of Dominica after independence.

            Prior to that the only college a teacher in Dominica went to was “The Leeward Teachers Training College in Antigua;” believe it or not one of the first Dominican to attend there is Lennox Linton mother, along with Alma John.

            So, you not impressing me with your lie oui!

            Hahahahahahahahahahahah!

            Alright, I read where you said I lie about retire at 47 years old.

            Elizabeth, when I worked as engineer, I made $60,000. 00 per year.

            Continue: 

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          • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
            May 10, 2020

            As an electronic engineer I made $60, 000.00 per year; that was a meager five thousand dollars per month; I retired and invested into Real Estate, and made more than three times that per month.

            If I was not making money when you meet me; the luxurious, hundred-six thousand dollar sports car I drove you around in after I naym ( eat) all you food; in which you sat and tremble coward like kitten, when I left you in it and go to pay  for the gas, where did you expect this Wesley kid to get the money to buy such a vehicle?

            Remember, you were trembling like a leaf Miss Elizabeth, because you feared some Canadian hoodlum would come and hijack the car with you in it; eh?

            Say I lie again!

            Doh let me talk Miss Elizabeth; doh let me talk eh; do you know for me to put that car on the road; luxury tax on that car, was over ten thousand dollars.

            Go Fly; Sukooyant!

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          • May 12, 2020

            Telemque, all that I spoke about is from 1974 when I entered Canada, this has nothing to do with Dominica and colonials days–or the stone ages things that you have mentioned here.
            You claimed to have attended college and university, how come you do not know that A B C D & F has figures to go with them–that is how they arrive at the alphabet mark. F is below 50. A and A+ starts from 90-100%

            Give up with your lies and fake boasting, it will never work for you. Also, I never told you that I was a teacher at 12 years–that is your own acceptance. Keep it, but don’t say that I told you.

            However, I was a very smart person, long before I was twelve years old. I had already reached standard 7 by then, so they let me assist the teachers with their classes, that is what I told you

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        • May 10, 2020

          And one more thing! Isn’t it strange that a highly educated man would retire at age 47, claiming not able to find a job of his field–electronic engineering you say! What trained person is unable to find a job like that at age 47.

          Worse than that you go into “Real Estate” claiming millionaire –another great lie– but taking money from the poor people in Los Angeles–until today. Highly educated, you say!

          What are the names of the university and college that you attended? Why did you fail you pre-schooling to enter medical school? But you are telling people that you dropped out; why?

          I should have believed the people, on the other forum, who said that you bought the degrees that you have boasted about on this sight–now I know that they were speaking the truth.

          The only high education, degree, and profession that you have is the skill of profound LYING, you do that as easy as you drink a glass of water–hot or cold. Have a great day.

      • Viewsexpressed
        May 10, 2020

        Elizabeth, too much beff, Beth from you. If you are unable to comprehend in the bigger picture and unaware of the ongoing years of brutality, imprisonment in Cuba and the rest of this brutal communist regime all over the world then relax and go have some pepermint tea.
        Communism dictatorial systems incorporated with imprisonment and savage punishment will not be condone.
        Our democracy is good, it is the literate leaders in Grenada, Dominica Haiti that anusey the system and fleece their states resources, travel nicely and frequently to USA where they have their homes and assets while our people and villages suffer in poverty and deprived of good healthy living.
        Too hell with Skerrit, Papa Doc and Baby Doc and the so called Presidents and Prime Ministers who has fleeced our economy and then they run to USA with our money.
        We need decency and trusted people to run and manage decently with our states resources.
        Skerrit and his failed,incompetent, corrupted Labour government must…

        • May 12, 2020

          Viewsexpressed, I mentioned nothing about you in my comments above; I wrote against Telemaque to defend my credibility, your response has no place here. What you wrote here has nothing to do with me.

          I don’t know whether you are a man, a woman, a dog, or a goat–I want nothing to do with strange characters.

          Please keep your disrespect for your counterparts and leave my name out of your foolish philosophy.

    • TW
      May 8, 2020

      What a load of drivel

      First of all, the doctor arrived in march and died in May which is clearly stated within the article. However since you want to ignore the facts I’ll spell out what that means, he arrived prior to any of the recoveries. If half of Dominica were infected as you insinuate then we would have had quite a few deaths by now, in addition, to add more insult to your misguided comments, Dominica has been importing Cuban medical personnel for more than a decade, there’s a cuban medical team stationed at pmh for years. Dominica and Cuba have had relations for many years and Cuba has been sending out medical personnel to countries around the world. It’s part of how they deal with the US Trade embargo sanctions.

      As my mother always told me, you can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time smh

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        May 9, 2020

        “Dominica has been importing Cuban medical personnel for more than a decade, there’s a Cuban medical team stationed at pmh for years. Dominica and Cuba have relations for many years and Cuba has been sending out medical personnel to countries around the world.

        “Guy shut up; you don’t know what the hell you talking about okay!

        You nor any government in Dominica under no natural situation can import any doctor from Cuba, or China!

        You are dealing with the last two remnants of communism; the communists dictators use these people as a form of propaganda to make shallow minded people like you believe they are helping you, and governments in the less develop world.

        No Cuban get out of Cuba unless they are sent out by the dictators; or they smuggle themselves out floating on the inner tubes of motor vehicle Tyre.

        Where the hell have you been, how many thousands to this day are fleeing Cuba, picked up by the coast guard in Miami?

        Around which world Cuba send doctors?

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        May 9, 2020

        I am not the one misguided, I leave that to someone like you.

        When people do not know better they believe anything!

        If these so called Cuban doctors are so great, why the few who made it to shore, which the law gives them the right to free asylum as as long as they set foot on dry land, are sitting on their Butt in  Miami and the rest of Florida unable to practice medicine.

        Do you know how many hundreds of them turn to Taxi driving for a living?

        Man take a damn hike, in the first place a medical degree from Cuba is not accepted in any of the developed world; Europe; North America: Canada, or the United States okay.

        Were it pertains to Africa, few nations accept them; otherwise you find only the poorer place like Dominica have them committing malpractice.

        Go to Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, travel more North to the Bahamas, and Bermuda, return and report how many Cuban quacks you find there!

        Shut up!

      • Minnie
        May 9, 2020

        I like your last 2 paragraphs. Dominica has been importing free medical labour from Cuba for decades now, Covid or no Covid. So let it be ordered and so shall it be.

    • Gary
      May 11, 2020

      Your mind is so messed up, you do not even know it.

  6. Unknown
    May 7, 2020

    My sincere thanks to the young man, his colleagues and his country for their continued support. My deepest condolences to his friends, family and love ones.

    • Talu
      May 7, 2020

      What a miserable man is this Telemaque clown, I guess DNO is the only outlet where this broke millionaire gets to spew his venom, what a pathetic psychopath.

  7. Dom-in-a-cans or DOM-IN-A-CANS
    May 7, 2020

    But what is wrong with us nou? Did they do some magic on us to get us so dummy? Too many of us are hypocrite, blind and easily fooled. The Cubans came to Dominica to help us fight COVID-19 and one member of the team died. For this bI am sorry and express my sympathy to all. But does that mean I am going to swallow Skerrit and McIntyre lie again? Because he is Cuban we will never know the cause of death except that they will tell us he died from a massive heart attack, like Rosie Douglas and we will swallow it.
    I am prepared to pay $25k to anyone that can give me proof that the man along with the entire team were quarantined in Portsmouth for 14 days before they took work. If he was the only member of the team that was quarantined then why? In total he worked for only 4 days why? If he was the only one quarantined then did Dr. McIntyre lie to us about that protocol he spoke about during his death announcement? If he had Covid-19 can you imagine the amount of people he infected?

    • Eighteen : 3
      May 7, 2020

      Go away you too lie you dont even have a dollar in your pocket you full of crap.

    • May 7, 2020

      Everything is politics. Once you die now the cause of death has to be covid19, any other reason is a lie. Who said he was the only one quarantined? UWP always know who the liars are but they always turn out to be the biggest liars. Just wait for the results of the autopsy before spreading misleading information.

    • Gary
      May 11, 2020

      It is not what is wrong with us nou, it’s what wrong with YOU. What do you know about magic. Who are the many of us you are referring to as hypocrites, blind and easily fooled, wow. When you asked the question, “If he had Covid-19 can you imagine the amount of people he infected?” asking such question just shows the extent of your ignorance and nonsense.

  8. May 7, 2020

    he was a friend of mine.i never will forget it. he was an excellent person, professional and friend .rest in peace

    • God's child
      May 7, 2020

      Very sad of the passing of your friend. He gave up his life to helping others. What a sad day. Let us appreciate the sacrifice that others make just to help us. A good looking young man and for sure a great person. WOW. God bless his family we Dominicians grieve for for your lost.

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        May 7, 2020

        How can you make a foolish statement like that “he gave up his life to help others.”

        People die everyday, you can choke on water when you are drinking it and die!

        You can choke on mucus in your lungs and die; while talking to someone; people choke to eating in Restaurants, a Carib Indian choked on food in his village and died, did he give up his life helping others.

        Doctors or most medical professional goes into medicine because of the money they  hope to make, and the prestige of being called doctor.

         In Cuba, and communists China, they work on starvation pay the same like any ordinary  peasants; keep in mind the first doctor who discovered the corona virus, when he broke the news in China, and warned other doctors to ware protective gear, the communists dictators put him in jail, they say he was spreading false rumors.

        By then he got infected and died!

        What special help could the Cuban render in Dominica, when there is no cure?

        • Gary
          May 11, 2020

          What a morbid mind.

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        May 7, 2020

        So, let me finish:

        Anybody who became infected with COVID-19 and survived, recover from it; it’s not because of any special type of medication, they received, because there is none! 

        The only form of care is a constant supply of oxygen, and a strong immune system.

         That is why people who falls in the following category are more vulnerable to COVID-19: People of all ages can be infected by the corona virus (COVID-19).

        People with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) and older people are more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus; nevertheless we know babies and young died children from it too!

        With a strong immune system one might survive; keep in mind as of today the seventh day of May, 2020 seventy-six (76,513) thousand, five hundred thirteen people in America a dead, killed by COVID-19, that is more people than the seventy thousand people you all boast in Dominica.

        You all glory in every crap which makes no sense! 

  9. SMH
    May 7, 2020

    wow he died putting his all into helping another country. i respect you sir. RIP i pray for strength for his family sad indeed :( :(

  10. god way
    May 7, 2020

    thanks for coming to help us may your family be strong Condolences to his family and friends RIP, Dr. Ramos-Cordero.

  11. Israel Roberts
    May 7, 2020

    So sad my deepest condolences

  12. Possie Direct
    May 7, 2020

    It’s a sad time for all of us in Dominica and I so my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the deceased.
    I know it’s a sad time but Dr McIntyre and Skerrit should not use this sad time to FOOL us. B4 I continue let me quote a verse of Bob Marley’s song “Could you be loved” : Don’t let them fool ya, Or even try to school ya! Oh, no!
    We’ve got a mind of our own, So go to hell if what you’re thinking is not right!
    1. Dr. McIntyre, Where in Portsmouth were the Cuban doctors quarantined?
    2. When were they quarantined? i know you said from March 29- April 6 but is that true? I will soon post evidence to prove they were at work during that time
    3. So Dr, he arrived on March 29 end qurantined till March 16, and his 2nd quarantine of two weeks ended on the day of his death, then you realize that would men he only worked for 4 days? Don’t fool us because possie small and Da small.
    DNO U put photo of Cordero on duty at PMH. Can you please get the date of photo so we…

  13. Hope
    May 7, 2020

    Let me express my condolences to the young man’s family, his colleagues and his country. It is indeed a tragedy and prayers are being said to God on your behalf. Thank you so much for your willingness to come and help Dominica. We indeed owe you a debt of gratitude.
    We are indeed sorry for your loss.

  14. May 7, 2020

    Condolences to his family and friends. RIP, Dr. Ramos-Cordero.

  15. Alanza
    May 7, 2020

    Let’d me considerate and sensible in our commentary. Covud19 is not a cause of sudden death. There can be hundreds of reasons why a person would die suddenly. Additionally, if he did in fact have covid, then he got in in Dominica based on incubation period. Let us respect this person’s contribution and sacrifice, remember his family and colleagues and not be myopic in our thinking.

    • God's child
      May 7, 2020

      Very sad of the passing of your friend. He gave up his life to helping others. What a sad day. Let us appreciate the sacrifice that others make just to help us. A good looking young man and for sure a great person. WOW. God bless his family we Dominicians grieve for for your lost. It does not matter what he died of. Just plain sad. He gave his life to helping others. Let us remain positive for such a time as this.

  16. UKDominican
    May 7, 2020

    I am very sorry to hear of the death of a member of the Henry Reeve brigade from Cuba, whose work is much admired, worldwide. The Minister did not mention the cause of death except that it was sudden, which leaves me to speculate that it was accidental or a heart failure.
    I do however raise my eyebrows at the number of Cuban personnel assisting our authorities in combatting the coronavirus contamination in Dominica. Eighty seven people is rather a lot for a population of barely 60,000, given that 144 were sent by Cuba to Jamaica which has a population in excess of 2.9 million. Is the pandemic understated in Dominica? This is no joking matter and we need to have real and reliable figures. In particular I would like to know the number of deaths with the cause other than coronavirus, pneumonia for example, but at the time of death also were infected with the virus.

    • May 7, 2020

      @UkDominican, read this again: “The “Henry Reeve” Medical Brigade is the “latest addition to a group of 87″ health professionals including medical specialists, nurses, and technologists who are assisting Dominica’s health personnel, in the battle against the coronavirus.”

      Where did you read from that, that they are 87 from Cuba alone?

    • Frank N Stein
      May 8, 2020

      The Cuban group is an ADDITION to the 87 health professionals assisting in fighting corona in DA. LEARN TO READ, READ TO UNDERSTAND, NOT TO RESPOND.

  17. May 7, 2020

    So sad to hear this. Condolence to his family and team mates. May he R.I.P

  18. Shaka zulu
    May 7, 2020

    Tragic indeed!! My deepest sympathy to Cuban medical staff and family. May he rest peacefully

  19. Bwa-Banday
    May 7, 2020

    Hopefully our authorities are honest and open on the cause of death after they get the information back from Cuba since we don’t really have the capability to perform an autopsy on own. But Dca being the “current Dca” in the “I run things era” I expect nothing but lies, untruths, mistruths and cover-ups since this has become the staple diet of the government.

    Having said that, I wish to extend my deepest condolences to family, friends, colleagues and aquaintancies of the deceased doctor. We are thankful for his selfless service to Dca and humanity. May his soul rest eternally with the ancestors

  20. Eagel-Eyed
    May 7, 2020

    Did he die of COVID-19 or natural death? If he died of the coronavirus, will his death be registered as the first COVID-19 death on island since the outbreak? Is there a corona’s report available regarding this gentleman’s death? :?: :?: :?:

    No shame in answering these questions considering that well developed countries like USA have surpassed 70,000 deaths and UK surpassing 30,000 deaths overtaking countries like Italy, Spain, France etc.

  21. De-lie-lah or De Liar?
    May 6, 2020

    It is sad when any person dies but it hurts even more when a person leaves their country to come hélp poor people get well and next thing end up dying. That really hurts man. My deepest condolences to family and friends.
    Having said that I want to remind Dr. McIntyre of the passage that says Numbers 32:23 “… be sure your sin will find you out.” Dr. McIntyre lied to us on March 29 and his lie tonight found him out! When these Medical workers arrived from Cuba on March 29, Chalie Johnbabtist asked if they would be quarantined. Minister McIntyre said no because they were tested for COVID-19 b4 they boarded the flight and they came on a well sanitized plane. But tonight Dr. McIntyre he completed his 14 day quarantine before taking work here. So Dr McIntyre you lied and mislead the nation. If he died from Covid-19 and he was not quarantined upon arriving here, you exposed many of us to Covid-19 and for that you should resign or Skerrit should fire you!

  22. Ibo France
    May 6, 2020

    My sincerest sympathy to the Cuban people on the passing of the young doctor. Words cannot accurately convey our deepest sense of loss. His willingness and efforts to assist Dominicans in these times of great adversity will forever be remembered. May his soul rest on everlasting peace. God Bless!

  23. Hide & Seek
    May 6, 2020

    Oh WOW how shocking! And they kept it as a secret up to this time? I wonder if he will be tested for COVID-19 and if everyone that was in contact with him will be tested, including those he worked with and patient s he worked on

    • Da Girl
      May 7, 2020

      You realize that the report says that he arrived on island on March 29th, not died on March 29th right??? He died on Tuesday night (this week- the public was informed the day after, which is reasonable), SO I would expect that the family will be notified before the public is made aware of it. Really? A secret. I don’t know why persons just insist on finding fault with everything..life too short for that. Jeez man.

  24. Dr. Sam Christian
    May 6, 2020

    Dominicans mourns the sudden passing of the Cuban medical team member. We are grateful for his service. May his family, colleagues and nation be comforted knowing he gave his life to that Nobel prize-deserving duty so much greater than himself.

    • Trouble I see
      May 7, 2020

      You hear lies, look lies: Dr McIntyre, so he arrived on March 29 and was in quarantine for 14 days? Lie that! So he worked from April 16 to April 20? Lie again! So after 4 days they all went into quarantine to follow protocol? Look lies boy. Orwas it just the deceased and if so did he test positive? Another lie, people. So after just 4 days of work he or all the Cuban doctors followed protocol and went into another 14 day quarantine ? More lies! So he died the day his second quarantine ended? Lies, lies lies because we know for a fact that the Cubans took the same day they arrived on March 29. We also know that they NEVER missed a day. So if all that quarantine only applied to deceased then tell us if he was positive from day one? Lies again! If he was positive that means you all would ha5 exposed all our local doctors, nurses, patients and otthers to him. Look trouble I see

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