Cuban Medical Mission exceeded 62 Million Consultations in Bolivia
Cuban Medical Mission exceeded 62 Million Consultations in Bolivia
La Paz, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Medical Mission is about to mark a decade in Bolivia with over 62 million consultations and more than 83 thousand lives saved, assured today doctor Niviola Cabrera, head of the group that is still working in the country.
Almost ten years after her arrival to Bolivian land, 730 health workers attend 44 municipalities of the nine departnents, where they render 40 types of services with 30 medicfal specialities, 15 more than those rendered in 2012, when the one before last cooperation agreement was signed before Havana and La Paz.
Also, Cuban professionals teach in work education in six departments: Oruro, Tarija, Santa Cruz, Beni, Cochabamba and Pando with a total of 243 students under their tutelage.
Doctor Cabrera takes pride in the consolidation of understanding and solidarity links with the Bolivian Ministry of Health, in particular, with Minister Ariana Campero, gradujated from the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba.
In that time, the doctors of the Caribbean island saved over 83 thousand lives, took part in 43 thousand 500 births and working in ten eye centers disseminated in Bolivian geography.
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