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Panama - Panama
President Martin Torrijos highlights the
benefits of Operation Miracle with 38,328
surgical operations made by Cuban and
Panamanian doctors.
On the anniversary of the Program honored
Friday in Veraguas, Torrijos called it
humanitarian project creating a precedent in
terms of health care and in the history of
brotherhood between the peoples from both
countries.
The Panamanian statesman thanked the
solidary support of the Cuban government
that along the Panamanian people have helped
recover the hopes of people with eye
problems.
Torrijos highlighted the need to keep the
program running by admitting that when he
assumed office in 2004 there was great
inequality and lack of opportunities, which
Operation Miracle is correcting.
Cuban Ambassador Carlos Garcia Trapaga noted
the significance for Panama to open Omar
Torrijos Ophthalmology Center, the largest
among 61 hosting Cuban staff in 35 countries
around the world.
He said that such support "involves a sense
of collaboration and unbreakable
brotherhood," stressing on the futuristic
projection given by President Torrijos by
promoting it in Panama.
Operation Miracle began in November 2005 and
has so far assisted over 82,000 people
suffering, among other, from cataracts,
pterigium and squint.
The system also accounts for 32,516
surgeries in Panama and 5,812 from around
the world in Cuba. |
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