ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC—The Grenada authorities signed a 15-year collaboration and licensing settlement with Mount Sinai Worldwide on Wednesday, permitting the Common Hospital right here to turn out to be an affiliate US-based medical establishment.
Officers say a “Mount Sinai affiliate” refers to a corporation or establishment with a proper affiliation with Mount Sinai Well being System, together with the Icahn Faculty of Drugs at Mount Sinai. This affiliation can take varied kinds, together with scientific, tutorial, or analysis partnerships, and it usually entails collaboration on educating, analysis, and affected person care.
The settlement was signed by Well being Minister Phillip Telesford and Dr. Szabi Dorotovics, President of Mount Sinai Worldwide.
Beneath the settlement, Grenada can pay an estimated US$2.5 million to the New York-based healthcare establishment. Andrea St Bernard, lead authorities consultant for the brand new hospital mission, which is labeled as “Mission Polaris,” mentioned that the collaboration and licensing accord permits the Grenada authorities to profit from the expertise and experience of the total community of companies provided by Mt Sinai.
“Mission Polaris” goals to assemble a brand new analysis/educating hospital in Grenada, as introduced by the federal government in late 2022 and beneficial within the 2035 Nationwide Improvement Plan.
The federal government has already bought 84 acres of land in Hopevale, within the St George’s space, for the development of the medical complicated that can comprise the hospital, resort, and different services.
“A major part of the settlement is a license to Mt Sinai Worldwide for the Common Hospital to be often called an affiliate or has an affiliation with Mt Sinai. That signifies that Mt Sinai is dedicated to working with the federal government of Grenada to make sure we elevate our requirements to internationally acknowledged ranges,” St Bernard mentioned.
“The consequence of shedding that settlement is basically we’ll lose the good thing about that collaboration and the good thing about with the ability to license the overall hospital as an affiliation of Mt Sinai. It’s an settlement that signifies collaboration the place the 2 companions are working collectively to take care of the imaginative and prescient of bettering the healthcare service,” mentioned St Bernard.
Dorotovics thanked the federal government for selecting Mt Sinai Worldwide as its long-term strategic accomplice.
“This isn’t simply one other however a vital belief in our dedication and our capabilities that can assist you, to help you, as you mentioned on this endeavor,” he mentioned, including, “It is a very historic mission on your nation, and it’s a huge and important endeavor for our well being system as effectively.
“We purpose to share our improvements, cutting-edge expertise, and data developed over time with our worldwide companions…This isn’t a short-term dedication; we signed a 15-year settlement right now, and we’re right here to remain, and we’re right here to be your accomplice in a real sense,” he mentioned.
In October 2024, the Grenada authorities introduced that it had signed an settlement with Mount Sinai Well being System, indicating that the settlement aimed to modernize and enhance the supply of well being and medical companies to all Grenadians.
It additionally mentioned that this primary settlement with Mount Sinai started a novel partnership to remodel Grenada’s healthcare system by strengthening the present Grenada Common Hospital within the preliminary section.
“The partnership is a serious milestone underneath Mission Polaris, which incorporates the event of a state-of-the-art, sensible analysis hospital in Hope Vale, Grenada. Mission Polaris is the cornerstone of the transformation and modernization of the well being and wellness sectors in Grenada,” the federal government assertion famous,
