Elderly citizens in St. Lucia to benefit from Golden 80 Plus Health Package

St. Lucia’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the establishment of the Golden 80 Plus Health package.

Beginning July 1st, 2023, all St. Lucian citizens eighty years and older can access medication, hearing services and eye care services at the island’s community wellness centres at no cost. Those free services are available upon submission of any form of national identification.

The benefit package includes the following:

1. The provision of prescription drugs at the Community Wellness Centres at no cost
2. Access to one annual hearing test at the Community Wellness Centres offering the services
3. Eye care services at community wellness centres
4. Access to eye screening and surgery at the Cuban Eye Clinic located at St. Lucia’s Old Victoria Hospital Plant

Older people are defined as individuals who have attained the age of sixty-five years and older.

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