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More Centers
for Comprehensive Diagnosis Open in Haiti
Havana Feb 3,
(RHC/Granma).-
The number of Centers for Comprehensive Diagnosis (CDI) in
Haiti, a joint project between Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti, is
being expanded due to demand for their services.
Five of these units are already in operation at: Raboteau,
Mirebalais, Anse-a-Veau, Aquin and Grand Goave, the
performance of which has been assessed as very positive by
the population, given the high professional level of the
free medical attention offered.
The 20-bed capacity of each of these high tech units is
insufficient due to the high influx of people, even before
the earthquake that hit the country on January 12th.
Under this
cooperation agreement, Cuba provides the equipment, while
the financing for their rehabilitation and the cost of
operations is contributed by the government of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
The plan
includes a center in each of the 10 Haitian provinces.
Construction
brigades resumed their work after the quake and are now
working on another two units that will be finished over the
next few days.
US Doctors Working
Alongside Cuban Medical Teams in Haiti
A group of seven
US doctors graduated from the Latin American School of
Medicine in Havana travelled to Haiti to work alongside
Cuban medical teams serving there in an effort to assist the
victims of the quake.
"These dedicated
and skilful doctors are ready to serve: they received their
MD degrees in Cuba and they are fully prepared to face the
numerous challenges of this urgent mission, said
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)
executive director Rev. Lucius Walker. The IFCO is an
organization in charge of arranging scholarships for US
students in the Cuban university.
The doctors, who
headed for Haiti from the Newark airport in New Jersey,
travelled to Haiti carrying their bags full of medicines,"
said Walker.
The Latin
American School of Medicine was set up in 1999 a part of the
Cuba program to assist those victims of hurricanes Mitch and
George in 1998.
Many US students
attend to the Cuban university by using special permission
for students evading the US embargo on travel, part of the
blockade.
According to
IFCO, there are more than a hundred practitioners (from
Chile, Spain, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia and Canada)
working with the Cuban medical teams in Haiti, where some
200,000 people died due to the quake.
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