Cuban Doctors Help Thousands of Guatemalans to Recover Sight
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Aug 7, 2007, 5:46:39 PM8/7/07
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Havana, August 7 (acn) More than
nine thousand Guatemalans have thus far been operated upon at the "Jose
Joaquin Palma" ophthalmologic hospital installed by Cuba in the
Central American country a year ago to treat low-income people
suffering from eye illnesses.
During a rally held in San Cristobal Verapaz to mark the first anniversary of the inauguration of the hospital, Salvador Carrillo, the director of the health institution, said that the creation of this facility, the first of its type in Central America, was possible thanks to the free-eye surgery program Operation Miracle, promoted by Cuban President Fidel Castro and which has allowed hundreds of thousands of people to recover their sight.
According to Prensa Latina news agency, the ceremony was also dedicated to the upcoming 81th birthday anniversary of the leader of the Cuban Revolution on August 13th and to the five Cuban political prisoners in the United States who remain incarcerated there for fighting terrorism.
Cristina Villafan, national coordinator of Operation Miracle in Guatemala, recalled that another ophthalmologic center was inaugurated last January in the eastern Guatemalan department of Jalapa. In all, a total of 12,126 patients have undergone surgery in these two hospitals, she noted.
During a rally held in San Cristobal Verapaz to mark the first anniversary of the inauguration of the hospital, Salvador Carrillo, the director of the health institution, said that the creation of this facility, the first of its type in Central America, was possible thanks to the free-eye surgery program Operation Miracle, promoted by Cuban President Fidel Castro and which has allowed hundreds of thousands of people to recover their sight.
According to Prensa Latina news agency, the ceremony was also dedicated to the upcoming 81th birthday anniversary of the leader of the Cuban Revolution on August 13th and to the five Cuban political prisoners in the United States who remain incarcerated there for fighting terrorism.
Cristina Villafan, national coordinator of Operation Miracle in Guatemala, recalled that another ophthalmologic center was inaugurated last January in the eastern Guatemalan department of Jalapa. In all, a total of 12,126 patients have undergone surgery in these two hospitals, she noted.
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