The Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital reached the 43rd anniversary of its foundation on June 14 with one hundred percent vitality of its services, despite the complex economic scenario faced by the country, which objectively affects such a sensitive sector as Public Health.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- It seems as if the tireless spirit of struggle and human justice that characterized the man whose name distinguishes the center had taken over this place because even in the most complex stage of the covid-19 pandemic, the collective of this health unit overcame the limitations and dangers to organize its health care work.
Its collective, led by Dr. Marianela Zapata Romero, commemorates this anniversary with the closing of a semester that exhibits all indicators within the national average and an infant mortality rate among the best in the country.
This was confirmed exclusively to the Cuban News Agency by the also deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power, who explained that the institution is undertaking a broad investment program in which the second stage of the Pathology Anatomy service and two oxygen plants that will be of vital importance for the maintenance of the center stand out.
A group of repairs and maintenance in an area such as Neonatology guarantees a higher quality of care for the Maternal and Infant Program (PAMI), as well as the kitchen-dining room and laundry, spaces that also need comfort for the proper functioning of the hospital, the directive pointed out.
In addition, the construction of a children's house is planned, which will be of great importance for the workers who will be returning from their maternity leave, a place that will be conceived from adaptations in the spacious waiting and information room that has already been materialized and will have a capacity for about 40 children.
In the scarcity of resources, Zapata Romero added, and with an emphasis on recent times, the "Guevara" has had the support of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the local government, especially the Cuba-Italy Friendship Association that from the area of Lombardy have supported with donations to institutions in the province for more than 20 years.
Equipment, medical supplies, and expendable materials make up to a great extent the contribution of these organizations and activist groups, alliances that are also reconciled with other countries of Arab and Asian origin that have allowed the acquisition of important equipment for chemotherapy services, in Oncology, and Pathological Anatomy.
The director of the center said that several projects are being prepared that will contribute to training and material aid in the areas of Neonatology, Nephrology, and Imaging.
On the occasion of its 43rd anniversary, the Ernesto Guevara de la Serna Hospital held a day of celebration that included exchanges between generations of health professionals, a tribute to the imprint of Che, that impeccable doctor and revolutionary who marked Cuban health with his values, among other activities.
