From:         The family of former Chief Minister, the Hon. John Osborne

In response to the many inquiries about the health of former Chief Minister John A. Osborne, his family wishes first of all, to thank everyone for their concern, their expressions of empathy, their prayers, and their wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

Mr. Osborne has been hospitalized in the United States for the past six weeks undergoing testing and treatment for an illness for which he had received preliminary care in the hospital at home (in Montserrat). Over the past weeks, he has undergone surgeries of varying levels of seriousness, and has baffled and astounded his physicians on several occasions with his ability to rebound and recover. One surgeon noted that, “He is a remarkable man.”

It has been a difficult and painful time for him, and a challenge for his doctors as they continue to attempt to arrive at a firm diagnosis and, following that, to deliver a prognosis for his recovery. Currently, Mr. Osborne is in critical, but stable condition, and the people of Montserrat will be kept informed as this improves.

He is being attended to by a team of some of the most meticulous and capable physicians, and by his family, and the expectation and hope is that he will make a good recovery.