Cuba Donation to Bolivian Hospital
Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage visited this city´s Children´s Hospital to officially donate medical equipment to the center´s intensive care room.

Hours before returning to his country, the Cuban delegation that attended Evo Morales´ inauguration toured the health center accompanied by its director Juan Carlos Jarandilla and the city´s mayor Percy Hernandez.

The Jose Marti room, whose entrance includes a plaque with the Cuban hero´s phrase “children are born to be happy,” was opened in June 1987 with a donation of equipment aimed at saving minors´ lives.

Lage said that the center´s technological renovation will allow for quality service, and this will be fostered with Evo Morales´ triumph.

The Cuban vice president recalled the recent signing of bilateral agreements during Morales´ visit to the Caribbean nation, including 5,000 free scholarships for Bolivian students to study medicine in Cuba.

During his visit here, Lage also met with 30 Cuban specialists and 25 Bolivian physicians recently graduated in Havana that work at the National Ophthalmology Institute, as part of Operation Miracle to restore vision to hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Caribbean people.

The Cuban delegation was made up of Minister for Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Marta Lomas, Foreign Deputy Minister Rafael Dausa, Ambassador Felipe Vazquez and Cuba-Bolivia Parliamentary Group Chairman, Deputy Jorge Gonzalez.