Today is a great challenge to provide services at the Nephrology Department of the Dr. Ernesto Guevara Hospital.

• In honor of World Kidney Day, 26 shares the daily routines in the Nephrology Department of the Dr. Ernesto Guevara General Teaching Hospital, a place where demands intertwine with the commitment of healthcare professionals.

World Glaucoma Week is observed this year from March 8–14

With an extensive academic program, ophthalmology professionals in Las Tunas are celebrating World Glaucoma Week from March 8 to 14. This week has been established to raise awareness about this disease, which is the leading cause of irreversible bilateral blindness worldwide, in Cuba, and in Las Tunas.

Dr. Nersa Vega, director of the Las Tunas Provincial Blood Bank

Pakistan marked her life with a halo of pain that she still carries in her heart, no matter how many years pass. She remembers the icy air in her lungs the first time she stepped off the plane, aware that this would be her most difficult international mission and that on the other side, all the destruction of Kashmir awaited her. It was the beginning of October 2005.

The maternity homes are fundaental to guarantee follow-up care and adequate nutrition for pregnant women.Maternity homes are fundamental to guarantee follow-up care and adequate nutrition for pregnant women.

The Las Tunas Provincial Health Directorate is strengthening the strategies of the Maternal and Child Care Program (PAMI, in Spanish) to improve the health indicators that currently compromise the well-being of the mothers and newborns.