The doors of the Grace School of Medicine in Belmopan have been closed for about a year, and they will stay that way. The government today announced that it has terminated its agreement with the school, mainly because they haven't honored the most fundamental clause of their contract: simply that the school failed to open.
CEO in the ministry of education Marion MacNab explained to 7NEWS that the medical accreditation council which monitors the medical schools operating in Belize, found that Grace Medical School had never really gotten off the ground in Belize, and this is after being granted a licences in 1999. Written warnings were given to the school president, and despite a follow up meeting, no settlement could be reached, and government cancelled the agreement on Friday. MacNab who chairs the medical accreditation council says the public announcement was made to ensure that it is known that Belize is distancing itself from Grace Medical School which presently operates a campus in the United Kingdom.
