“Every day we go out to face the attacks of the pandemic, to give our best putting the patient above all,” Dr. Iraide Alberto Ramírez Llanes said, representing the 24 health professionals of Las Tunas who for more than three months supported in Mexico the fight against COVID-19.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- The reception, held at Monday’s midnight at the Vicente García memorial museum, in this city, was an emotional moment for collaborators and family awaiting their arrival, which was announced with closed applause once the bus arrived.

Ramírez Llanes, who was in Mexico with his wife, Dr. Dunia Vega Ricardo, said that the departure to that country was a surprise even for them; an unprecedented experience that took place amid speculation aimed at discrediting the work of the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics.

We had opportunities to laugh and cry, and for the people to thank us on multiple occasions; we earned respect in each of the services we attended, the doctor told the Cuban News Agency.

Men and women health professionals work side by side in the red zone - he added -, and although we all feared getting sick, above that were the values that our teachers and the great organizer of this army of white coats taught us, Fidel Castro Ruz.

We continue to raise the virtue, the knowledge of Cuban Medicine and the value of our Health System, he concluded, and in the final applause, the rush to get into the taxis that would take them to each of their homes.