Periodico 26

Las Tunas, Cuba.- They were welcomed at the Vicente García memorial museum of this city by officials of the sector, leaders of political and mass organizations, as well as their relatives. Dr. Luis Manuel Pérez Concepción, provincial director of Public Health, expressed the joy of having them at home and called to continue raising the flags of solidarity.
Dr. Lilian Aparicio Meneses, on behalf of cooperators, thanked the warm welcome and ratified the willingness of the doctors to fulfill any mission either in the country or abroad. "We are ready to start working where the Homeland needs us and we ratify our support for the Declaration of the Ministry of Public Health to withdraw from the Program, following the disrespectful statements of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
"We went with a humanist aim and we came back with the pleasure of having fulfilled our duty. Brazil's health indicators today are different, and the level of satisfaction of the population, according to a survey conducted the last week, is higher than 96 percent. That is an achievement that Cuban doctors have contributed to. "

LAS TUNAS DOCTORS SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY DECLARATION

26Digital talked to collaborators still in Brazilian soil, who expressed their full support for the Declaration of the Ministry of Public Health.
Dr. Lenia Caridad Romero Figueredo, with more than 20 years of experience in her work, said: "I am one hundred percent Cuban, of solid principles. This decision of the president-elect is a total lack of respect, which puts into question our capacity, and above all, affects the Brazilian people."
Marielis Isabel Fonseca Rondón, who works in a town in Sao Paulo since 2016, said they are fine, but she feels sad for those people who welcomed her these years. She will return to Las Tunas with the will to continue the work she loves so much.

UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS

Dr. Luis Manuel Pérez Concepción, director of Health in Las Tunas, said that the position of the president-elect of Brazil is unacceptable, so the return of the Cuban doctors has been organized.
"We are visiting their families here, with the active participation of officials and cadres from the Provincial and Municipal Health Directorates, as well as members of the political and mass organizations." Our intention is to explain the reasons that led to the decision and clarify the concerns. "
Pérez Concepción explained that the cooperators will be received with all the honors and will be given "mission accomplished", regardless of the time of work in the sister nation.
At the time of the announcement of the Declaration, over 400 physicians from Las Tunas were working at the South American country. Two thousand 329 health professionals from Las Tunas work in 43 of the 66 nations with which Cuba has agreements of medical cooperation.

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