Children's Medical Fund has helped 152 children get treatment overseas
The Prime Minister says most of the children would not have survived without the fund, which pays for care not available in the Federation.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts. The Children's Medical Fund has paid for 152 children with serious medical conditions to receive treatment outside the Federation between 2023 and 2026, Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew has said.
Dr Drew, who is also Minister of Finance and Health, introduced the fund after taking office in 2022. It is administered by the Prime Minister's Office and helps families who could not otherwise afford the specialist care their children need.
Speaking at his Roundtable media session on Thursday, Dr Drew said parents in the past sometimes had to appeal to the public for donations to pay for treatment.
"Most of these children would have been dead had it not been for this," he said.
The Prime Minister said the proposed universal healthcare system would offer similar protection to adults who do not have private or employer-provided insurance, and that a wider public discussion on how to pay for it will be needed.
