Madrid Spain.- The French government delivered this Thursday a donation of 18 tons of medical equipment and supplies to Cuba, valued at more than 1.6 million dollars, as a reinforcement for health institutions in the face of COVID-19
The donation includes antigen tests, surgical masks, examination gloves, KN95 masks, respirators, circuits and filters for respirators, disposable gowns, protective screens and sampling kits.
As reported by the Cuban News Agencyduring the official handover, the French ambassador in Havana, Patrice Paoli, stated that “the award was made in the spirit of the existing solidarity between the two countries and the ties of cooperation, which they maintain in the area of health and in such as academic, cultural, scientific, urban and agricultural development”.
For her part, the general director of cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Magalis Estrada Díaz, thanked the French Government for the donation and “its intentions to continue diversifying economic and commercial ties on the basis of brotherhood and solidarity. ”.
In 2020 France had made a similar donation. On that occasion, he delivered respirators, protective equipment, gowns, masks and diagnostic test equipment to the island, with an amount of more than five million euros.
Donations to Cuba do not seem to improve the health situation
In recent months, Cuba has also received donations from countries such as Russia, the United States, Japan, China and Mexico.
However, hospital conditions remain dire and the population continues to be affected by the drug crisis.
In the month of April, a mother from Cienfuegos denounced through social networks the state of the children’s hemodialysis room in the hospital where her daughter was treated, in Villa Clara.
Along with some images that showed the deterioration of the place, the lady specified that the air conditioning had been broken for two weeks, so being a closed risk room, the patients and the staff who work there “were melting from the heat”, as well as exposing yourself to contracting bacteria.
In January of the current year, the columnist for CubaNet, Louis Cino, He denounced the precarious situation of the Havana hospital known as “Clínic of 26”, which he personally suffered because his aunt was admitted there with a fractured hip.
The journalist and writer, who accompanied his aunt, explained that the food was “slop”, and he spent two days without bathing due to lack of water.
Among other problems exposed by patients of this hospital, poor medical care, power outages, problems with food and other basic services are a constant.
In August 2021, Serafín Morán, a Cuban journalist based in Miami, reported that his maternal grandmother had died at the 26 Clinic due to lack of medical care.
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