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Bolivian Vice-President Extols Work of Cuban Doctors in Bolivia.

CUBA, March 1st, 2011.- Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia extolled the work and dedication of the members of the Cuban Medical Brigade offering their services in Bolivia since 2006.

During a ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of this brigade in the Andean nation, Garcia noted that the Cuban doctors have done their best to help others without asking for anything in return, Prensa Latina news agency reports.

The vice-president mentioned that Cuba is an example in giving and sharing one’s resources, even when they are scarce.

The Cuban ambassador to Bolivia, Rafael Daussa, explained that since 2010 the Cuban Medical Brigade assumed the training of more than 1,600 fourth- and sixth-year students from the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana (ELAM).

Since 2006, these doctors have given nearly 45 million free consultations; they have saved almost 46,000 lives and they have performed 576,000 eye surgeries.

Aided by this brigade, the Bolivian government is advancing social programs like the Zero Malnutrition Program and the policy of primary health care linked to the needs and conditions of the community, mainly in rural areas. (Cubaminrex-Cuban News Agency)

 

 

 

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