A group of 27 doctors from the Henry Reeve Brigade will support rescue and epidemic efforts in Turkey and Syria, after the devastating earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and an aftershock of 7.6, which left at least 22,765 dead, 19,388 of them in Ankara and 3,377 in Damascus. According to the Syrian ambassador in Cuba, Ghassan Obeid, so far about 12 countries have sent aid.
Among the health workers summoned, who traveled this Friday from the Island, are the pediatrician Alemy Paret Rodríguez, the orthopedist Adrián González Vigo and the psychiatrist Arnaldo Yadró Jiménez. All from Ciego de Avila, public furrow radio. These specialists will join foreign doctors and brigade members who already provide support to 82,000 wounded.
The head of the International Collaboration in the Provincial Health Directorate, Arelys Tejeda Márquez, said that in Villa Clara a “doctor specialized in clinical laboratory, who should head one of the brigades, as well as an epidemiologist, and two intensive care nurses who will offer their knowledge and experience in Turkey”.
The World Health Organization estimates that 23 million people are “potentially exposed, of which some 5,000,000 are vulnerable”
Tejeda specified to the official radio station CMHW that the group from Villa Clara was joined by a hygiene specialist who will provide his services in Syria.
The World Health Organization estimates that 23 million people are “potentially exposed, of which some 5,000,000 are vulnerable”, so there is fear of a health crisis triggering and the eventual spread of cholera. that resurfaced in Syria.
Turkey is Cuba’s seventh trading partner in Europe. With this country, the Island maintains economic ties in the sectors of energy, agriculture, health, biotechnology, tourism, among others. At the beginning of February Turkey’s eighth floating power station has arrivedthe suheyla sultanto “reinforce” the capacities of the National Electric System in the face of blackouts.
Two days after the visit of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to Mexico, the island’s Ministry of Health reported that This Thursday the last group traveled with 61 toilets that are added to the 620 that since last January 27 are already in the country.
The Government of Mexico announced in May the hiring of Cuban doctors to deal with, he said, the “deficit of specialists” that the country had caused by the fact that Mexican physicians do not want to travel to remote areas.
The general director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Zoé Robledo, specified that 641 specialists would be hired, so with the new brigade, there are 40 more people than until now no health authority has come out to indicate the reasons for this staff.
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced this Friday that there is the possibility of expanding the agreement so that more specialists from the Island come to the country. He announced that this will be one of the issues that he will address with his Cuban counterpart.
“There is a deficit and for this reason we are very grateful to the Government of Cuba, the fact that these doctors are arriving and we are going to continue calling for the same in other countries so that we have specialists in all health centers and hospitals,” López said. Workshop.
López Obrador confirmed the arrival of Díaz-Canel this Saturday. “We are going to receive it in Campeche, we are going to visit the archaeological zone of Edzná in Campeche, we are also going to supervise what is being done regarding the construction of the Mayan Train.”
Mexico bought rajón stone from Cuba for the construction of the Mayan Train, for which it had to send 200,000 tons per month, but this objective was not met. In mid-January, when the first shipment should have been sent, 14ymedio confirmed that the ship was still docked in port area number two of O’Bourke, in the port of Cienfuegos.
________________________
Collaborate with our work:
The team of 14ymedio He is committed to doing serious journalism that reflects the reality of deep Cuba. Thank you for accompanying us on this long road. We invite you to continue supporting us, but this time becoming a member of our newspaper. Together we can continue transforming journalism in Cuba.
