Operation Miracle Helps
Panama
The Operation Miracle
health program sponsored
by Cuba and Venezuela to
help Latin Americans
with poor eyesight and
low income has benefited
140 inhabitants of the
Panamanian city of Colon
in 2008.
Dianela Avila, program
coordinator for the
Atlantic region said
that patients have
received a postoperative
care in the Dr. Juan
Antonio Nuñez in Colon,
some 80 kilometers from
Panamá City.
Guillermina Zorrila, one
of the patients operated
for cataracts, explained
that her operation was
financed by the
government through an
aid agreement from Cuba.
She told a reporter from
La Prensa newspaper that
her life has improved.
Operation Miracle is a
joint health programme
between Cuba and
Venezuela, set up in
2005.
The initiative is part
of the Sandino
commitment, which sees
both countries coming
together with the aim of
offering free
ophthalmology operations
to an estimated 6
million people in Latin
America and the
Caribbean.
The project is also part
of ALBA, the Bolivarian
Alternative for the
Americas. |
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