Today before he was flown out of Belize for treatment, constable Kevin Jacobs was reviewed by neurologists and visiting neurosurgeons.
Presently Belize has no practicing neurosurgeons but with so many conditions from Parkinson's to car accidents involving brain disorders it's an area of specialization that is finally getting some attention.
Today at the KHMH, U.S. brain surgeon Dr. Merwyn Bagan gave a lecture in neurology. The man at the head of the class was Andre Joel Cervantes who after 14 years of study is about to become Belize's first nuerosurgeon.
Joel Cervantes, Belizean Neurosurgeon
"I am looking forward to coming back and working with our general surgeons."
Keith Swift,
"In the case of PC Jacobs, if we had a neurosurgeon here, would he have had to be flown out?"
Joel Cervantes,
"Precisely, that is the objective in the future and hopefully we will have more Belizeans trained in this area."
"I don't have a ego to feed. I am a local boy just looking forward to coming back home to serve my people and my nation."
Cervantes will return to Belize to practice in the next year and a half.
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