Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health and Wellness
"Now of course accessing some of these high-end services in Belize is a bit difficult and so people have to have to go out and do this care, but it is our vision and our hope that at some point Belize can also offer these type of services."

"We have health professionals, we have doctors who are now doing specialized training out there. There are people who, I think there is a female doctor in Guatemala who is a who is a pediatric oncologist studying for bringing that service in Belize."

"I think we have several nephrologists being trained outside because again our lead one of our leading that is in their people with diabetes and so we have to ensure that we are able to attract those persons and so even at the medical council we have to start to look at, I'm not saying that we want to just bring too much of an ease for persons to come in. but at any day we have to start to look at the needs in Belize. And the private sector also needs to be looked at because we have people who complain you go to a private sector facility and one night and you're paying almost 10,000 dollars I mean it's healthcare access in the private sector is very high."

Reporter
"Do you think it's a case where by the service is that expensive or you believe that it can be offered at a cheaper price by these private facilities?"

Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health and Wellness
"But I can tell you that when you look at the region when you look at it's a known fact that sometimes you feel that in the private sector the prices are just too high."

"Now they have their own accounting and formula that they use how they put their cost to their services so I cannot speak to that. All I'm saying is that we need to find ways how we can make healthcare more affordable in this country."