More than 25,000
Operation Miracle
surgeries in Nicaragua
Cuba’s Operation Miracle
specialists today
surpassed the 25,000
mark in surgeries
performed on Nicaraguan
patients with vision
problems, according to
statistical reports.
Working in Sandino City,
less than 20 kilometers
west of the capital,
Managua, the group of
doctors have performed
more than 5,458 cataract
operations, 18,624 for
pterygium, as well as
treating other eye
ailments such as
glaucoma.
The beneficiaries of
these services are, for
the most part,
low-income patients, in
the majority individuals
who are unable to pay
for this type of surgery
within the country’s
private clinics.
Members of the Cuban
Medical Brigade deployed
across the country have
provided a total of
1,110,264 consultations.
Among these are 2,477
surgeries for other
conditions and 1,934
births, Dr. Luis Carlos
Avila, leader of the
group, told Prensa
Latina.
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