Three Eye Centers in Nicaragua
Cuba is due to open three ophthalmologic hospitals in Nicaragua, to provide free surgery to patients with cataracts, a project to start in this capital.

According to statements by the island's new ambassador to this Central American country Luis Hernandez the first four Cuban physicians will open the first ophthalmologic center in the outskirts of Managua, and are expected to arrive in next days.

Hernandez, who presented their credentials on Tuesday, said that the other two clinics, with a capacity for 80 patients daily, are located in the main cities from both autonomous regions of North and South Atlantic, Puerto Cabezas and Bluefields.

These eye centers will avoid to transfer Nicaraguan patients to Havana and Caracas, as part of the Operation Miracle, which has benefited so far over 2,000 people since its beginning in the Central American nation in June.

As part of the strengthening of bilateral relations after the arrival of the Sandinista government to power, Cuba also collaborates in eliminating illiteracy, with the "Yo Si Puedo" (Yes, I Can), recalled the ambassador.