Cuba sends medical brigade to Honduras
The brigade will consist of four emergency specialists, two epidemiologists, six intensive care nurses, and four biomedical technicians, marking the return of Cuban medical presence to the country, which had been suspended for a year.
Sputnik - A Cuban medical brigade will arrive in Honduras to help fight the coronavirus, which has infected 426 people and killed 35 in the Central American country, Health Minister Alba Flores said on Thursday (16).
The brigade will consist of four emergency specialists, two epidemiologists, six intensive care nurses, and four biomedical technicians, and will reinstate medical presence. from Cuba in Honduras, suspended a year ago after Tegucigalpa failed to renew a cooperation agreement with Havana.
"The brigade will support the containment efforts [of the pandemic]," Flores stated in a press conference with President Juan Orlando Hernández, without specifying the arrival date.
The public health system in Honduras has approximately 4.000 doctors in about 33 hospitals. This number is insufficient to serve a population of 9,2 million people, 62% of whom live in poverty, according to [source missing]. news agency Reuters.
Hundreds of Cuban doctors They traveled to countries such as Andorra, Jamaica, and Italy to help fight the coronavirus.
The first Cuban doctors arrived in Honduras in 1998, when the Central American country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch, which caused more than 5 deaths. Since then, agreements have been established. of cooperation which also includes help with education.