Two plants to produce medicinal oxygen were completed at the General Teaching Hospital Doctor Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, in this city, paying homage to the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, who in 1980 inaugurated this health unit, the most important in Las Tunas.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- With the opening today of such valuable technology, donated by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, permanent attention is guaranteed to patients with artificial ventilation and those undergoing surgery, fundamentally.

After recalling the difficult days experienced at the height of covid-19, when the oxygen production plants collapsed in the country, Manuel Pérez Gallego, member of the Central Committee and first secretary of the Party here, highlighted the value of having this essential resource.

From now on, the "Guevara" can process oxygen for all the patients who need it and to provide a quantity to other hospitals in the province.

The 97th anniversary of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro was also the occasion for the Soda Libre gastronomic unit to receive a major repair and to be able to provide quality services to the population. Meanwhile, in the community of Río Potrero, three houses were handed over to single mothers with several children.

The inauguration of works this year in Las Tunas began last July in the municipality of Jobabo, the site of the Provincial Act for the 70th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks.

In this southern territory, an industry for the commercialization of canned vegetables was completed, as well as several food production units, located in the facilities of the former Kenaf company.