Radio Taiwan International
Date: 18 July, 2019
By: John Van Trieste
President Tsai Ing-wen (center) and St. Lucian Prime Minister Allen Chastanet (left)（左）celebrate the groundbreaking of a hospital reconstruction project.
After her arrival Wednesday, Tsai traveled to the south of the country to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for a hospital being rebuilt with a Taiwanese loan.
The St. Jude hospital was an important source of medical care for residents of southern St. Lucia before it was destroyed by a fire in 2009.
During remarks at the groundbreaking, Tsai said that under the leadership of St. Lucia’s current prime minister, bilateral cooperation projects have been moving ahead. She said that exchanges in the medical field have been especially frequent and intensive. [FULL STORY]
