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Cubans in Port-au-Prince Are In Good Health

CUBA, Jan 13, 2010. -  All the Cubans working on collaboration programs in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, were reported to be in good health. Only two of them suffered minor injuries from the earthquake that hit that Caribbean nation on Tuesday.

The head of the education brigade, Adalberto Bravo Carbonell suffered a dislocation to his right knee and Alina Almeida Rivera, also member of the brigade, had a minor lesion on her right leg, as reported by the Cuban National News Program.

The Cuban medical brigade providing services in Port-au-Prince has already established a new hospital camp next to the one that was brought down by the earthquake.

The Cuban experts reportedly had provided medical care, including a few surgical
operations, to more than 800 patients up to Wednesday morning. Nine of the patients died including three children.

According to the TV news program's report, a further medical brigade from Cuba will arrive soon in Haiti to help the people.

The group, created for emergency situations, is taking medicines, clothes, food, saline solution and plasma bags. (Cubaminrex - acn)

 

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