"Only with discipline and control we will overcome the current epidemiological situation," the Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda, said in Las Tunas during a working visit, in which he verified the increase in cases of the new coronavirus.
Las Tunas, Cuba.-The minister called to strengthen preventive work through accurate communication and to develop the vaccination campaign organized and quickly, to prevent the virus from continuing to spread. He pointed out that it is essential to provide specialized care to those who have suffered from the disease due to the seriousness of its consequences.
During his tour of the municipality of Puerto Padre, one of those with a worsening epidemiological panorama, he visited the polyclinic in the town of Delicias, a facility with a capacity of 100 beds that, which is getting ready to care for convalescent patients. “He insisted that this unit should be seen as an extension of the Guillermo Domínguez Hospital and have specialized personnel so that patients feel protected with the follow-up that is done.
When exchanging with directors of "Guillermo Domínguez", the main health institution in the northern municipality, he emphasized the urgency of reversing the organizational problems that affect the quality of services and cause discomfort in the population; something that has been worked hard, but "We have to do better," he said.
It is vital, he argued, the efficiency of the attention in the medical offices. Due to the dissimilar responsibilities that doctors and nurses have in this primary level of care, he urged that they receive greater support from the Community Work Groups.
He also learned how the capacities are expanded in the different health facilities in the face of the increase in confirmed cases, as well as respiratory consultations. In this sense, he emphasized that the lack of resources such as antigen tests can never prevent an accurate diagnosis and adjusted to the patient's symptoms.
In an exchange with students from the University of Medical Sciences, he recognized the excellent work they have carried out during the pandemic and requested their support in the battle that the country is waging against the diversion and illegal sale of medicines.
On this matter, the minister stated that "a gap that we have in our centers is that the people who control the medicines are not pharmacists and do not always have the required preparation to follow the traceability of their use."
José Ángel Portal Miranda also flagged a brigade of more than 30 professionals of the Henry Reeve Contingent, who returned to the province to work in the red zone, after having given their help for two years in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and for three months in the province of Ciego de Ávila.
The minister visited the family of Dr. Assel Herrera, one of the two Cuban physicians kidnapped in Kenya in 2019, and received as a gift, from the hands of his daughter Lisdiana Sheila Herrera, the distinctive pullover of the "Henry Reeve" in Las Tunas.
The head of Public Health was accompanied by the member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and its first secretary here, Manuel Pérez Gallego; Governor Jaime Chiang Vega, and directors of Public Health in the territory.
