In the mid-1970s, in response to a limited number of US medical school seats, a young American, Charles R. Modica, founded the first private medical school in the Caribbean where instruction was in English – St. George’s University – on the island of Grenada in the West Indies. The School initially drew all of it students from the United States.
Known as "The Spice of the Caribbean," visitors are enticed by the sweet scents of nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla wafting on the balmy breeze. In fact, there are more spices in Grenada per square mile than anywhere else on the planet. Nutmeg is the most abundant spice, and Grenada produces about a third of the world's supply.
Grenada's capital, St. George's, is known as the most picturesque city in the Caribbean. Its horseshoe-shaped harbour is surrounded by a pastel rainbow of dockside warehouses and the red-tiled roofs of traditional shops and homes. Rich in English, French and West Indian history, St. George's is filled with beautiful well-preserved examples of French and British Colonial architecture.
