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Cuban Doctors Help Bolivians
Cuban diplomatic sources inform
that over a hundred doctors from
the island give aid to the
victims of the natural disasters
lashing several Bolivian regions
that are caused by the El Nino
phenomena.
"We have more than 100 doctors
working with the evacuees and
victims of the floods and rains
and will remain until
necessary," Rafael Dausa, Cuban
ambassador, informed in a
communique released here.
Cuban doctors who have been here
since January, immediately
answered the call to help rural
and native communities,
particularly the departments of
Santa Cruz and Beni as well as
El Chaco in Cochabamba. They
will remain in 20 evacuation
camps offering medical aid.
On February 2, 2006 the Cuban
"Henry Reeve" Medical Brigade
arrived in Bolivia in answer to
an emergency that affected more
than 40,000 families.
In the past year the Cuban
government donated 20 hospitals,
11 eye centers and 564 tons of
medicines and medical equipment
for the attention to the
population.
To date, the doctors have given
attention to 3.5 million
citizens of this nation saving
4,520 persons and performing
64,687 eye operations.
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