Got TIPS or BREAKING NEWS? Please call 1-284-442-8000 direct/can also WhatsApp same number or Email ALL news to:newsvino@outlook.com;                               ads call 1-284-440-6666

New medical school will boost VI economy- PHSU President

-300 people expected in the VI when PHSU opens
The opening of the Virgin Islands (VI) campus of the Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) in 2025, will be economically beneficial to the VI according to the university’s President Dr. Gino Natalicchio. Photo: Facebook
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) has been in operation for 70 years with campuses in Puerto Rico and the Unites States. PHSU’s newest campus in the Virgin Islands will open in August 2025, with 50 students. Photo: Internet Source
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) has been in operation for 70 years with campuses in Puerto Rico and the Unites States. PHSU’s newest campus in the Virgin Islands will open in August 2025, with 50 students. Photo: Internet Source
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) will operate its four-year Medical Degree program from the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC). Photo: Internet Source
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) will operate its four-year Medical Degree program from the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC). Photo: Internet Source
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- The opening of the Virgin Islands (VI) campus of the Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) will be economically beneficial to the VI according to the university’s President Dr. Gino Natalicchio PhD.

Dr. Natalichio sat down for an interview with Cathy O. Richards of JTV Channel 55 where he assured VI residents that the university has been in operation for 70 years with campuses in Puerto Rico and the Unites States.

Over 300 people expected to come into VI

Dr. Natalichio said plans are to staff the university with locals saying, “We’re looking for local talent...for administrative position and for faculty as well and we’re bringing faculty from overseas as well to make sure that we have all the courses put together.”

He added that over three hundred people will be coming to the island between students, staff and faculty.

This he said in his opinion will be good for the VI adding that there are many possibilities for residents and nationals to participate in the school’s new venture.

Scholarships for VI residents

PHSU will offer two full scholarships for VI students who gain admission to the school.

Applications for the 4-year Medical Doctor degree programme and the school’s inaugural cohort for Fall of 2025, opened on October 1, 2024.

Once opened, the school will operate from the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) in August 2025, with a first class of 50 students and 75 more for the Fall 2026 session. PHSU’s MD programme is preliminarily accredited by the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM). 

15 Responses to “New medical school will boost VI economy- PHSU President”

  • Trust me I'm a doctor (18/10/2024, 13:46) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Is this gentlemen's phD awarded for medicine or industrial psychology ?
  • dont mind he (18/10/2024, 14:21) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
    Its gonna boost his pockets
  • Career (18/10/2024, 15:06) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    To expensive
  • Reality check (18/10/2024, 15:46) Like (12) Dislike (7) Reply
    When people come here n see the cost and standard of living they going dip and go somewhere else. 1800 for 1 bedroom plus tuition fees and the outrageous price of food.
  • lodger (18/10/2024, 16:44) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
    Where are so many going to live? Govt low cost housing?
  • wondering (18/10/2024, 16:53) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
    Can the Caribbean sustain so many medical schools?
  • LOL (18/10/2024, 21:25) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply

    Yall clearly have no %$%^&&& clue. The people that attend med school overseas are not hand to mouth peoole. The cost is nothing for most of them!

  • Fam (18/10/2024, 21:35) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    The bvi on the move vip all the way
  • Wellsah (18/10/2024, 23:04) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    let me evict these tenants so I can rent to these PHD students and staff that will appreciate the convenience of living in town.
  • first (19/10/2024, 08:18) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    You build it, as in dormitories with a food service, then they will come. Those that would actually benefit. Get used to the fact, only the richest of the rich hell bent on getting their kid into a real medical school will have the deep pockets to afford tuition plus the BVI's high cost of housing and food and transportation. Only two scholarships (why not ten?) for the host island points to the fact that this is a for profit only endeavor piggy backing off the local health care system.
  • Common Sense (19/10/2024, 13:11) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    An ideal opportunity for the BVI government / taxpayers to provide medical scholarships to qualifying locals conditional upon them practicing X number of years in the BVI once qualified.
  • THINK1 (19/10/2024, 14:32) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Is our hospital at a level to support a medical school? Do we have enough RN's and Nursing assistances plus all the other staff. Is our hospital board in place? So many critical things to consider. Not just money and housing.
  • LOL (21/10/2024, 20:07) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    when they set up in St Kitts back in the the day,the used to get rob,highjack all kinda thing.Them got rid of the police and did their own security..way better.
  • hey (21/10/2024, 20:12) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I'm a student in St Kitts

    you rent like anyone else..no dorms.Ross has resident apts at Mar riot etc..but you rent were you can
    .


Create a comment


Submit comment

Create a comment

Submit comment
Disclaimer: Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) welcomes your thoughts, feedback, views, bloggs and opinions. However, by posting a blogg you are agreeing to post comments or bloggs that are relevant to the topic, and that are not defamatory, liable, obscene, racist, abusive, sexist, anti-Semitic, threatening, hateful or an invasion of privacy. Violators may be excluded permanently from making contributions. Please view our declaimer above this article. We thank you in advance for complying with VINO's policy.

Follow Us On

Disclaimer: All comments posted on Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) are the sole views and opinions of the commentators and or bloggers and do not in anyway represent the views and opinions of the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Virgin Islands News Online and its parent company.