In one of the wards of the Dr. Ernesto Guevara General Teaching Hospital, a patient required venous cannulation; but it seemed impossible after several attempts. Then, someone suggested looking for Chucho and indeed, the outstanding nurse Jesús Ramón Chacón Ávila succeeded.

The procedure was a success and also became a lesson for those present, because, with the wisdom of his 36 years of work, he found the elusive vein, rather guided by the human anatomy, according to the words he said at that moment.

In this action are the two goals he set for himself as a professional in this specialty: to prevent diseases and alleviate people's pain and to contribute to the formation of new generations, "those who will be the continuity in humanism, feelings, and solidarity."

Many people know and admire him in the province of Las Tunas and beyond these lands; for not only his frank smile or his silky hands, as some say, because you can hardly feel the prick of the needle when it penetrates the skin or muscles.

Chucho is the supervisor of Nursing and is responsible for teaching on behalf of the specialty, as an assistant professor and with a file ready to assist. He is a leader of many processes because that is also a way of educating and adding up. However, he treasures other experiences.

"I graduated in 1987 and since then I have been working in this institution. Here I was head of the Angiology service ward in the 1990s. Then I worked in the Neurosurgery service and became head of the Preoperative Department, all at the same time as teaching nursing students. I achieved the scientific degree of Master of Science in the specialty of Satisfactory Longevity."

He is modest, too modest. That's why he sums up more than three decades in just five lines. But his professionalism goes beyond the halls of the "Guevara" and the classrooms where inexperienced young people discover the secrets of the noblest of behaviors, serving their fellow man.

"I served a mission in the Plurinational State of Bolivia and for three years I was head nurse at the hospital where I worked, the Chacaltaya, in the city of El Alto. In addition, I was an advisor to the national observation group for the evaluation of the center."

"As a member of the Henry Reeve brigade, I had an unforgettable experience, as I traveled to Mexico, after the devastating earthquake that affected that sister nation in 2017. I was, in addition, on an internationalist mission in the People's Republic of Angola."

For him, every day in those countries was a learning experience, due to the different customs and experiences he had to face, some of which were unknown despite so many years as a nurse in the main health institution of the province of Las Tunas.

"To talk about unforgettable moments in the work of Nursing is difficult, since all of them were, some happy and others sad. But I remember with pleasure that, while in Bolivia, a mother arrived with her 14-month-old child, who was in very poor health, with a seizure."

"As we always do, we acted immediately. And he recovered. His mother was very emotional and started crying. When she calmed down a little, she expressed beautiful words of praise and gratitude to the Cuban medical brigade."

"But not everything in this work leaves us with a feeling of happiness because there are also very sad moments. While we were in Angola, we treated a serious child diagnosed with malaria and, according to our possibilities, we provided him with the medicines we had in the hospital."

"Unfortunately, however, his relatives did not have the resources to buy them in private pharmacies and he died. That is why I always say that we must defend the Revolution and its principles that health and life are the most important things."

He feels great pleasure in contributing to the formation of new and future generations, whom he considers an important pillar of society. For this reason, he knows that he can still contribute to continue making nursing a useful and necessary profession.

"I feel that I still have a lot to do and I am never satisfied, because each situation is different and requires different actions. From the first moment one chooses this profession one feels committed and that is what we are advocating with the generations coming behind."